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Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn — Infobox Book | name = Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn image caption = First edition cover author = Robert Holdstock cover artist = Ron Walotsky country = United States language = English series = Mythago Wood series genre = Fantasy novel publisher =… … Wikipedia
IVORY GATE — the gate spoken of in Virgil through which dreams pass that do not turn out true. See HORN GATE … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
gate of horn — see ↑ivory gate below. • • • Main Entry: ↑gate … Useful english dictionary
ivory tower — as a symbol of artistic or intellectual aloofness, by 1889, from Fr. tour d ivorie, used in 1837 by critic Charles Augustin Sainte Beuve (1804 1869) with reference to the poet Alfred de Vigny, whom he accused of excessive aloofness. Et Vigny,… … Etymology dictionary
Ivory Tower — The term Ivory Tower originates in the Biblical Song of Solomon (7,4), and was later used as an epithet for Mary. From the 19th century it has been, originally ironically, used to designate a world or atmosphere where intellectuals engage in… … Wikipedia
ivory — Meaning A state of intellectual isolation. Origin From The Bible. Kings 22:39. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the… … Meaning and origin of phrases
Gates of horn and ivory — The gates of horn and ivory are, in the earliest recorded instances of the use of the image, the portals through which dreams, true or false, come.In the OdysseyThe earliest appearance of the image is in the Odyssey, book 19, lines 560 569. There … Wikipedia
HORN GATE — the gate of dreams which come true, as distinct from the Ivory Gate, through which the visions seen are shadowy and unreal … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
silver gate — see ↑ivory gate under ↑gate1 • • • Main Entry: ↑silver … Useful english dictionary
Operation Ivory Coast — Coordinates: 21°8′39.68″N 105°29′45.17″E / 21.1443556°N 105.4958806°E / 21.1443556; 105.4958806 … Wikipedia
