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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Galaxy
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properly the Milky Way, from the Greek name b 'yaXa ias, sc. KbeXos, fromyitXa, milk, cf. theLat. via lactea (see Star). The word is more generally employed in its figurative or transferred sense, to describe a gathering of brilliant or distinguished persons or objects.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Galaxy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/galaxy.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Galaxy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/galaxy.html. 1910.
