Afflatus synonyms

ə-flā'təs

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inspiration
An inspiring influence; any stimulus to creative thought or action
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religion (related)
The life or condition of a person in a religious order:
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bragi
(Norse Myth., person, proper) The god of poetry and eloquence, son of Odin and Frigg
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helicon
A brass instrument of the tuba family, consisting of a long, coiled tube that can be carried over the shoulder
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hippocrene
(Mythology) A fountain on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses and formed by the hooves of Pegasus, whose waters were supposed to give poetic inspiration when imbibed.
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parnassus
Any center of poetic or artistic activity
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daimonion
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enlivenment
The act of enlivening; animation
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theophania
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theopneustia
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Afflatus Sentence Examples

  • St Paul himself knew when he was speaking by the Spirit, and when he was not; and we too can recognize to some extent when the afflatus comes upon him.

  • As no one could curse Jesus except under the influence of a devilish afflatus, so none could say "Jesus is Lord" except he was inspired by the Holy Spirit.

  • In natural soothsaying this frenzy is the necessary physical accompaniment of an afflatus which, though it seems supernatural to a rude people, is really akin to poetic inspiration.

  • So far was the afflatus of the Spirit from being conditioned by the rite, that in Acts x.

  • It does not, of course, follow that everyone who had shared in the divine afflatus of prophetic enthusiasm gave forth oracles; but the prophets as a class stood nearer than other men to the mysterious workings of Yahweh, and it was in their circle that revelation seemed to have its natural home.

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