Definition of Firmement
Firmament, a name given to the vault of the sky conceived as a solid
substance studded with stars, so applied in the Vulgate.
- Wikipedia
Fir"ma*ment (?), n. [L.
firmamentum, fr. firmare to make firm: cf. F.
firmament. See Firm, v. & a.]
1. Fixed foundation; established basis.
[Obs.]
Custom is the . . . firmament of the
law. Jer. Taylor.
2. The region of the air; the sky or
heavens.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the
midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the
waters. Gen. i. 6.
And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament. Gen. i. 14.
&fist; In Scripture, the word denotes an expanse, a wide extent;
the great arch or expanse over out heads, in which are placed the
atmosphere and the clouds, and in which the stars appear to be
placed, and are really seen.
3. (Old Astron.) The orb of the fixed
stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the vault of the heavens; the sky
And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
- obsolete : basis
- of or relating to the firmament
the firmamental stone left a scorched hole to mark its terrestrial grave
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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