Bible Dictionary: Surmounted

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Surmount.

2. (a.) Having its vertical height greater than the half span; -- said of an arch.

3. (a.) Partly covered by another charge; -- said of an ordinary or other bearing.

Library

Of his Picture Surmounted by a Cross and Having Beneath it a ...
... Book III. Chapter III."Of his Picture surmounted by a Cross and having
beneath it a Dragon. And besides this, he caused to be ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter iii of his picture surmounted.htm

On Temptation
... This difficulty may, at first, appear impossible to be surmounted. It is really
so: It cannot be surmounted, if the common translation be allowed. ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 82 on temptation.htm

Marriage of the Blessed virgin to Joseph
... On this wreath rested a crown of about a hand's-breadth, decorated with jewels
and surmounted by three bands of metal crowned by a knob. ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/vii marriage of the blessed.htm

Preface to this Edition
... The difficulties inseparable from all great undertakings are, indeed, either nobly
surmounted, or left to subsist in all their terrors, just as success is the ...
/.../guyon/a short and easy method of prayer/preface to this edition.htm

The Observations Contained in the Preceding ChapterMake it ...
... the plan I have proposed to myself, I am now to give a few hints respecting the
mode in which the study is to be carried on, and obstacles to be surmounted. ...
/.../hints on extemporaneous preaching/chapter iii the observations contained.htm

Species, or Units of Nature.
... They can not be saved. All artificial varieties return to their simple form. Mr.
Huxley recognizes this as an objection that can not be surmounted. ...
/.../species or units of nature.htm

On the Road to Jerusalem
... Through it presently, as the houses thinned out, they saw cores of great heat
surmounted by black-tipped flames that crackled savagely. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter ii on the road.htm

The Impossibility of Renewal.
... the waves betrays the writer's hesitancy. When he has surmounted the first
wave, he dreads the second. When he has escaped out of ...
/.../chapter v the impossibility of.htm

Paul in Athens.
... THE obstacles to the success of the gospel, when it was first published, were of
too formidable a nature, to have been surmounted by human courage and prudence ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xx paul in athens.htm

Here Some one Will Say, what Has this to do with Holy virginity...
... I mentioned above, that the glory of that greater good is greater from the fact
that, in order to obtain it, the good of married life is surmounted, not the ...
/.../augustine/of holy virginity /section 21 here some one.htm

Thesaurus

Surmounted (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (a.) Partly covered by another charge; -- said of an ordinary or other bearing.
Multi-Version Concordance Surmounted (1 Occurrence). ...
/s/surmounted.htm - 7k

Cosmological
... It is true that the Hebrews had no idea of our modern Copernican astronomy, and
thought of the earth as a flat surface, surmounted by a vast expanse of heaven ...
/c/cosmological.htm - 33k

Surname (11 Occurrences)

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World (2829 Occurrences)
... It is true that the Hebrews had no idea of our modern Copernican astronomy, and
thought of the earth as a flat surface, surmounted by a vast expanse of heaven ...
/w/world.htm - 40k

Tower (74 Occurrences)
... As religious ceremonies were performed thereon, they were generally surmounted
by a chapel in which sacred objects or images were kept. ...
/t/tower.htm - 52k

Tamarisk (5 Occurrences)
... It is a "very graceful tree, with long feathery branches and tufts closely clad
with the minutest of leaves, and surmounted in spring with spikes of beautiful ...
/t/tamarisk.htm - 10k

Mediation
... The conception of mediation will differ, therefore, according to whether the distance
to be surmounted is understood ethically or metaphysically. ...
/m/mediation.htm - 38k

Mound (17 Occurrences)
... other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones,
and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe. 2 ...
/m/mound.htm - 12k

Pomegranate (11 Occurrences)
... The fruit which is ripe about September is apple-shaped, yellow-brown with a blush
of red, and is surmounted by a crown-like hard calyx; on breaking the hard ...
/p/pomegranate.htm - 15k

Cross (157 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a
public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London. ...
/c/cross.htm - 50k

Bible Concordance

Surmounted (1 Occurrence)

Ezekiel 40:16 There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches; and windows were around inward; and on each post were palm trees.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Surmounted

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Cosmological

Surname (11 Occurrences)

World (2829 Occurrences)

Tower (74 Occurrences)

Tamarisk (5 Occurrences)

Mediation

Mound (17 Occurrences)

Pomegranate (11 Occurrences)

Cross (157 Occurrences)