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Bible Encyclopedias
Cynosure
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Lat. cynosura, Gr. Kuv660upa, from Kvvos, genitive of 105 wv, a dog, and oi'pa, tail), the name given by the Greeks and Romans to the constellation of the Little Bear, Ursa Minor; the word is applied in English to the pole-star which appears in that constellation, and hence to something bright which, like a "guiding-star," draws all attention to it, as in Milton's "cynosure of neighbouring eyes."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cynosure'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/cynosure.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cynosure'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/cynosure.html. 1910.
