divine abode

Example Sentences

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Or dost thou mourn that the house of God Has ceased to be a divine abode?

From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various

I still regarded thee as sprung from God; As sent to us from his divine abode, With the sweet sisters, holy Faith and Love, That favored mortals might your virtues prove.

From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Cowherd, Thomas

He poured a thousand blessings on her head, and almost thought that he saw in her beautiful form one of heaven's inhabitants sent to bear away his dear mistress to her divine abode.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane

They met for this purpose in a place called Idavoll, which is in the centre of the divine abode.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

See also dakan, divine abode, Delitzsch, Glossar, 132.261.Cf.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen