dayspring

Example Sentences

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Little old Uncle Saltiel worshiped him, his disreputable cronies idolized him, thought him a dayspring from on high, a light to lighten his people.

From Time Magazine Archive

For in Scotland the dayspring was now risen upon men!

From John Knox by Innes, A. Taylor

The earth appears to be spoken of as being "turned" to the sun, the dayspring; and this, we know, takes place, morning by morning, in consequence of the diurnal rotation.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

The word anatole is translated dayspring in the last couplet, because it is treated here as giving light to those who sit in darkness.

From The Prayer Book Explained by Jackson, Percival

His court was the goal of ambassadors, the dayspring of liberality, the horizon-point of hope, the end of journeys, a place where savants assembled and poets competed for the palm.

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold