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Alpha and Omega
(gcide) | omega \o*me"ga\ ([=o]*m[=e]"g[.a] or [=o]*m[=a]"g[.a] or
[=o]"m[-e]*g[.a]; 277), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'w^ me`ga, i.e., the
great or long o. Cf. Mickle.]
1. The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.
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2. The last; the end; hence, death.
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"Omega! thou art Lord," they said. --Tennyson.
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Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending; hence, the
chief, the whole. --Rev. i. 8.
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The alpha and omega of science. --Sir J.
Herschel.
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alpha and omega
(wn) | alpha and omega
n 1: the first and last; signifies God's eternity
2: the basic meaning of something; the crucial part |
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Alpha and Omega
(gcide) | omega \o*me"ga\ ([=o]*m[=e]"g[.a] or [=o]*m[=a]"g[.a] or
[=o]"m[-e]*g[.a]; 277), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'w^ me`ga, i.e., the
great or long o. Cf. Mickle.]
1. The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.
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2. The last; the end; hence, death.
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"Omega! thou art Lord," they said. --Tennyson.
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Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending; hence, the
chief, the whole. --Rev. i. 8.
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The alpha and omega of science. --Sir J.
Herschel.
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