Abyss (religion)
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| #: ''The Bible: Revelations 9:11'' | #: ''The Bible: Revelations 9:11'' | ||
| #: ''And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the '''bottomless pit''', whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.'' | #: ''And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the '''bottomless pit''', whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.'' | ||
| - | # {{figurative}} An endless resource or supply. | + | # An endless resource or supply. |
| #: '''1994''': ''Asia in the Making of Europe'', Donald Frederick Lach | #: '''1994''': ''Asia in the Making of Europe'', Donald Frederick Lach | ||
| - | #: ''Lipsius was replaced at Leyden by [[w:Joseph Justus Scaliger|Joseph Justus Scaliger]] (1540-1609), the French Protestant scholar who was known to contemporaries as "the '''bottomless pit''' of erudition." | + | #: ''Lipsius was replaced at Leyden by [[Joseph Justus Scaliger]] (1540-1609), the French Protestant scholar who was known to contemporaries as "the '''bottomless pit''' of erudition." |
| - | # {{figurative}} A person with an apparently boundless [[appetite]]; an entity or problem which consumes seemingly endless resources. | + | # A person with an apparently boundless [[appetite]]; an entity or problem which consumes seemingly endless resources. |
| #: '''2006''': ''The Club For Growth: Bottomless Pit'' ([[blog]] entry), Phillip Rodokanakis | #: '''2006''': ''The Club For Growth: Bottomless Pit'' ([[blog]] entry), Phillip Rodokanakis | ||
| #: ''In other words, we will continue throwing good money after bad, trying to feed a '''bottomless pit's''' insatiable appetite for taxpayer dollars.'' | #: ''In other words, we will continue throwing good money after bad, trying to feed a '''bottomless pit's''' insatiable appetite for taxpayer dollars.'' | ||
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- A pit with no visible bottom; an abyss.
- Hell.
- The Bible: Revelations 9:11
- And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
- An endless resource or supply.
- 1994: Asia in the Making of Europe, Donald Frederick Lach
- Lipsius was replaced at Leyden by Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-1609), the French Protestant scholar who was known to contemporaries as "the bottomless pit of erudition."
- A person with an apparently boundless appetite; an entity or problem which consumes seemingly endless resources.
- 2006: The Club For Growth: Bottomless Pit (blog entry), Phillip Rodokanakis
- In other words, we will continue throwing good money after bad, trying to feed a bottomless pit's insatiable appetite for taxpayer dollars.
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