Lowth

//ləʊθ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lowness. Northern-England, UK, dialectal, uncountable

    ""For I am sure that neither death nor life, neither angel nor rule, neither power, neither things present, neither things to come, neither height nor lowth, nor any other creature, shall lie able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.""

  2. 2
    (in the plural) Lowlands. UK, dialectal, uncountable

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""For I am sure that neither death nor life, neither angel nor rule, neither power, neither things present, neither things to come, neither height nor lowth, nor any other creature, shall lie able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.""

Etymology

From low + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Norse lægð.

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