Mors
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- proper noun
- Literature
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Mors
- The nineteenth century was a time of radical change for the little island of Mors in northwestern Denmark.
Examples
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Where the fjord widens into a small inland sea lies the irregular, oblong island of Mors.
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On Mors, the most important of these was the Danish Society (Det Danske Samfund).
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Then I'd say it was a rare fortune that Old Mors came across ye first.
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Her only comfort was that Mors, from the sound of it, was having as much trouble navigating as she was.
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Their eyes met in a long, startled look, then Old Mors smiled.
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Her eyes swept the swaddled street for any sign of Old Mors, but she didn't see him.
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Mors constitutes an entire county (kommune), one typical in most respects of rural Danish counties.
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The movements first reached Mors in 1837, when a visiting lay preacher sparked a powerful Grundtvigian awakening in the village of Solbjerg.
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In Roman mythology, Mors is depicted as a male figure who guides souls to the afterlife.
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Many ancient texts often refer to Mors as the personification of death in Roman culture.
Synonyms
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A spirit of death in Greek stories who guides souls to the underworld
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name Mors comes from the Latin word mors and the root mort-, which mean 'death', and in Roman myth Mors was the person who brings death. You can see the same root in English words like mortal and mortality, so remembering Mors helps you link the name to 'death'.