- ithuriel's spear
- \\ə̇ˈth(y)u̇rēəlz-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized IEtymology: so called from the phrase Ithuriel with his spear in Paradise Lost (4:810) by John Milton died 1674, English poet: grassnut 2
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