Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as macrocosm.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See macrocosm.

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  • noun obsolete A macrocosm.

Etymologies

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From French mégacosme, ultimately from Ancient Greek μεγα- (mega-) + κόσμος (kosmos).

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Examples

  • [71] According to Faber, the egg was a symbol of the world or megacosm, and also of the ark, or microcosm, as the lunette or crescent was a symbol of the Great Father, the egg and lunette -- which was the hieroglyphic of the god Lunus, at Heliopolis -- was a symbol of the world proceeding from the Great Father.

    The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert G. Mackey

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