Bloom: April 2009

Friday, April 24, 2009

The Rosary

The Rosary is a string of prayer beads dedicated to Mary. The beads count a series of prayers associated with the Virgin. The word Rosary originally meant a Garden of Roses.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

im⋅age

from dictionary.com
–noun

1.	a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.

2.	an optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction by a lens, or the passage of luminous rays through a small aperture and their reception on a surface.

3.	a mental representation; idea; conception.

4.	Psychology. a mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the original stimulus.

5.	form; appearance; semblance: We are all created in God's image.

6.	counterpart; copy: That child is the image of his mother.

7.	a symbol; emblem.

8.	the general or public perception of a company, public figure, etc., esp. as achieved by careful calculation aimed at creating widespread goodwill.

9.	a type; embodiment: Red-faced and angry, he was the image of frustration.

10.	a description of something in speech or writing: Keats created some of the most beautiful images in the language.

11.	Rhetoric. a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor or a simile.

12.	an idol or representation of a deity: They knelt down before graven images.

13.	Mathematics. the point or set of points in the range corresponding to a designated point in the domain of a given function.

14.	Archaic. an illusion or apparition.

–verb (used with object)

15.	to picture or represent in the mind; imagine; conceive.

16.	to make an image of; portray in sculpture, painting, etc.

17.	to project (photographs, film, etc.) on a surface: Familiar scenes were imaged on the screen.

18.	to reflect the likeness of; mirror.

19.	to set forth in speech or writing; describe.

20.	to symbolize; typify.

21.	to resemble.

22.	Informal. to create an image for (a company, public figure, etc.): The candidate had to be imaged before being put on the campaign trail.

23.	to transform (data) into an exact replica in a different form, as changing digital data to pixels for display on a CRT or representing a medical scan of a body part in digital form.

Related forms:

im⋅age⋅a⋅ble, adjective

im⋅ag⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 12. Image, icon, idol refer to material representations of persons or things. An image is a representation as in a statue or effigy, and is sometimes regarded as an object of worship: to set up an image of Apollo; an image of a saint. An icon, in the Greek or Eastern Orthodox Church, is a representation of Christ, an angel, or a saint, in painting, relief, mosaic, or the like: At least two icons are found in each church. An idol is an image, statue, or the like representing a deity and worshiped as such: a wooden idol; The heathen worship idols. It may be used figuratively: to make an idol of wealth. 2. likeness, figure, representation. 3. notion. 6. facsimile.