Words starting with adono
Maybe these words will be useful:
- adonise — (Transitive Verb) To embellish or adorn, especially in order to improve the appearance of.
- adonize — (of a man) to make more beautiful
- adon olam — a liturgical prayer or hymn expressing the faith of Israel in God, often sung in unison usually at the close of a service.
- adonai — a name for God
- adonais — Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- adonias — a son of David, put to death at the order of Solomon. II Sam. 3:4; I Kings 2:19–25.
- adonic — (in classical prosody) of or relating to a verse line consisting of a dactyl (– ◡ ◡) followed by a spondee (– –) or by a trochee (– ◡), thought to have been first used in laments for Adonis
- adonijah — a son of David, put to death at the order of Solomon. II Sam. 3:4; I Kings 2:19–25.
- adonis — a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite. Killed by a wild boar, he was believed to spend part of the year in the underworld and part on earth, symbolizing the vegetative cycle
- adonises — Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.