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descent [dɪ'sent](a) (move downward) descente f;∎ the aircraft made a sudden descent l'avion a fait une descente subite;∎ the stream makes a gentle descent le lit du ruisseau est en pente douce∎ a descent into hell une descente aux enfers∎ of Irish descent d'origine irlandaise;∎ I've traced my descent back to a sixteenth-century noble family j'ai retrouvé la trace de mes ascendants dans une famille noble du seizième siècle(d) (succession, transmission) transmission f(e) (invasion) descente f;∎ we're braced for the descent on the town of thousands of football fans nous sommes prêts pour la venue des milliers de fans de football qui vont s'abattre sur la ville
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Descent into Hell — For the Christian concept, see Harrowing of Hell. Descent Into Hell Eerdma … Wikipedia
Descent into Hell — An article of the Creed in which we confess our belief that our Lord while His Body lay in the grave, descended into the place of departed spirits. The word Hell as here used is the English translation of the Greek word Hades, which means not… … American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
descent into hell — This term (from the Latin de , meaning down, and scandere, meaning to climb ) refers to the article in the Apostles Creed that states that after his Resurrection, Jesus went down into sheol, the realm of the dead; the descent intohell is often … Glossary of theological terms
descent into hell — Сошествие в ад … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
descent into Hades — The Greek Hades (REB, NRSV, NJB, Luke 16:23) replaces ‘hell’ of AV, which is a translation of the Hebrew sheol (Ezek. 31:15, NRSV, REB, NJB). In the OT (e.g. Jonah 2:2–6) and in the Dead Sea scrolls there are notions of the idea of a descent into … Dictionary of the Bible
hell — like, adj. /hel/, n. 1. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus. 2. any place or state of torment or misery: They made their father s life a hell on earth. 3.… … Universalium
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Descent to the underworld — Orfeu în Infern (Orpheus in Hell, ca. 1870) by Mihail Ştefănescu The descent to the underworld is a mytheme of comparative mythology found in a diverse number of religions from around the world, including Christianity. The hero or upper world… … Wikipedia
hell — The English word is used misleadingly in older versions to translate the Hebrew sheol, the Aramaic Gehenna, and the Greek Hades. Normally the word is understood to denote a place of eternal torment, especially by fire (Isa. 66:24), for those who… … Dictionary of the Bible