Welkin

/ˈwɛlkɪn/

Synonyms for "welkin" (40 found)

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Noun(3 words)
celestial realmcelestial spheredivine realm

Related words (20)

Noun(5 words)
empyreanskyspherevaultvault of heaven
etherfirmamentgaseous envelopeheavenheavenshyalineliftliftsnoosphereskystarry heaventhe bluethe blue serenevaultvault of heaven

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celestial realmskysurface

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angelic realmblue skyday skyheavenly vaultnight skyparadise

Collocations

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blue welkincelestial welkinnight welkinwelkin archwelkin canopy

Inflections

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Sample sentences

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Winds roll the waters, and the great seas rise. / Dispersed we welter on the gulfs. Damp night / has snatched with rain the heaven from our eyes, / and storm-mists in a mantle wrapt the light. / Flash after flash, and for a moment bright, / quick lightnings rend the welkin. Driven astray / we wander, robbed of reckoning, reft of sight. / No difference now between the night and day / e'en Palinurus sees, nor recollects the way.

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He leaues the vvelkin vvay moſt beaten playne, / And rapt with vvhirling vvheeles, inflames the ſkyen, / With fire not made to burne, but fayrely for to ſhyne.

Source: wiktionary

The ſkye it ſeemes vvould povvre dovvn ſtinking pitch, / But that the Sea, mounting to th' vvelkins cheeke, / Daſhes the fire out.

Source: wiktionary

Come (Sir Page) / Looke on me vvith your VVelkin eye: […]

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