Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
macrocosm .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
macrocosm .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
macrocosm .
Etymologies
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From French mégacosme, ultimately from Ancient Greek μεγα- (mega-) + κόσμος (kosmos).
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Examples
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[71] According to Faber, the egg was a symbol of the world or megacosm, and also of the ark, or microcosm, as the lunette or crescent was a symbol of the Great Father, the egg and lunette -- which was the hieroglyphic of the god Lunus, at Heliopolis -- was a symbol of the world proceeding from the Great Father.
The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert G. Mackey
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