Abyss

Abyss A*byss", n. [L. abyssus a bottomless gulf, fr. Gr. ? bottomless; 'a priv. + ? depth, bottom.] 1. A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit. [1913 Webster]

Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth. [1913 Webster]

The abysses of metaphysical theology. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

In unfathomable abysses of disgrace. --Burke. [1913 Webster]

3. (Her.) The center of an escutcheon. [1913 Webster]

Note: This word, in its leading uses, is associated with the cosmological notions of the Hebrews, having reference to a supposed illimitable mass of waters from which our earth sprung, and beneath whose profound depths the wicked were punished. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Gulf, gorge, great depth, deep pit, abysm, depth, deep, chasm, profound / Hell, limbo, purgatory, the pit, bottomless pit, the nadir, gehenna, fire unquenchable, the lake that burneth forever

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Abyss — may mean:;Sciences and philosophy * Abyssal zone, a deep extent of the sea. * Abyssal plain, a flat area on the ocean floor. * Abyss (religion), is a bottomless depth. * Abyss (Thelema), a spiritual principle within the system of… … Wikipedia
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abyss — [ə bis′] n. [L abyssus < Gr abyssos < a , without + byssos, bottom] 1. a deep fissure in the earth; bottomless gulf; chasm 2. anything too deep for measurement; profound depth [abyss of shame, of time, etc.] 3. the ocean depths 4. Theol.… … English World dictionary
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abyss — (n.) late 14c., earlier abime (c.1300, from a form in Old French), from L.L. abyssus bottomless pit, from Gk. abyssos (limne) bottomless (pool), from a without (see A (Cf. a ) (2)) + byssos bottom, possibly related to bathos depth … Etymology dictionary

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