Lucifer
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- proper noun
- /ˈluːsɪfər/
- Literature
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Lucifer
- According to tradition, Lucifer rebelled against God and was cast out of Heaven for his pride.
- Lucifer or Satan
- the angel Lucifer
It's part of the deal they cut with Lucifer & here.
- It's part of the deal they cut with Lucifer & here.
- Lucifer is who we mean and, and, and Lucifer means light bearer, but he was a cherubim.
- I believe that the like I said that Lucifer rules this place or he's the Prince of this place.
- He did a little documentary on the history of Lucifer, and he basically said that Lucifer was never real.
- And that person, as I relate in my book, if there ever was a Lucifer who was a, a fallen Angel who tried to like uplift us, it was that person.
- But when he comes to Lucifer, he uses Prometheus instead.
- And the monster Lucifer is there trapped in a lake of ice.
- Just as I was going Beelzebub Lucifer.
- So that word might be hell Satan or hell Lucifer.
- And the redeemed Lucifer is known as the Paraclete or the Paraclesian spirit.
- I, Lucifer, Lord of Hell and Regent of the Damned.
- Another, less charitable review described it as smelling of Lucifer's deep furnace with a stench that would stifle virtue and good manners.
Examples
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In many religious stories, Lucifer is depicted as the ultimate adversary of God and the tempter of humanity.
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Do you not think Lucifer himself speaks directly to me?
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- It means we must stop Lucifer, before this begins on Earth.
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Therefore, Lucifer and his hosts fell and were driven out of heaven.
Academic text (1992) -
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
Blog text (2) -
I, Lucifer, Lord of Hell and Regent of the Damned.
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Even Lucifer, the angel, had defied God and had been flung from the heavens.
Fiction book (2001) -
In literature, Lucifer is often portrayed as a charismatic figure who embodies evil and temptation.
Synonyms
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A main evil spirit in some religions who tempts people and rules Hell
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A powerful spirit that represents evil and tempts people
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A powerful evil spirit often shown as leader of demons in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic stories
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A powerful evil being in some religions who rules Hell and tempts people
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A name for the Devil who tempts people and rules Hell
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An evil spirit that tries to make people do wrong things
A figure like Satan who tries to make people do wrong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lucifer comes from the Latin parts lux 'light' and ferre 'to bring', so the name originally meant 'light-bringer'. Over time Christian writers used that name for a proud angel who fell from heaven, so Lucifer became a name for the leader of evil.