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.

  • 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.

  • In the conversation with Nicodemus we seem to overhear a protest against the growing tendency of the last years of the 1st century to substitute formal sacraments for the free afflatus of the spirit, and to "crib, cabin and confine" the gift of prophecy.

  • Whatever happened to passion and vision and the divine afflatus in poetry?

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