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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20108" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20108" /> == | ||
<p> [[Greatness]] of soul; a disposition of mind exerted in contemning dangers and difficulties, in scorning temptations, and despising earthly pomp and splendour. Cu de offic. lec. 1: ch. 20; Grove's [[Moral]] Phil. p. 268, vol. 2: </p> <p> See articles | <p> [[Greatness]] of soul; a disposition of mind exerted in contemning dangers and difficulties, in scorning temptations, and despising earthly pomp and splendour. Cu de offic. lec. 1: ch. 20; Grove's [[Moral]] Phil. p. 268, vol. 2: </p> <p> See articles COURAGE, FORTITUDE, in this work; Steel's [[Christian]] Hero; Watts on Self- Murder. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_140968" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_140968" /> == |
Revision as of 10:15, 13 October 2021
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [1]
Greatness of soul; a disposition of mind exerted in contemning dangers and difficulties, in scorning temptations, and despising earthly pomp and splendour. Cu de offic. lec. 1: ch. 20; Grove's Moral Phil. p. 268, vol. 2:
See articles COURAGE, FORTITUDE, in this work; Steel's Christian Hero; Watts on Self- Murder.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
greatness of soul, a disposition of mind exerted in contemning dangers and difficulties, in scorning temptations, and despising earthly pomp and splendor. — Cicero, De Offic. lect. 1, ch. 20; Grove, Moral Philosophy, 2:268; Steele, Christian Hero; Watts, Selfmur-der; Buck, Theological Dictionary, s.v. (See Courage); (See Fortitude).