What does Heroick mean?
Definitions for Heroick
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Heroickadjective
Etymology: from hero; heroique, French.
Bolingbroke
From John of Gaunt doth bring his pedigree,
Being but the fourth of that heroick line. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.Not that which justly gives heroick name
To person, or to poem. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ix.Verse makes heroick virtue live,
But you can life to verses give. Edmund Waller.Methinks heroick poesy, ’till now,
Like some fantastick fairy land did show. Abraham Cowley.I have chosen the most heroick subject which any poet could desire: I have taken upon me to describe the motives, the beginning, progress and successes of a most just and necessary war. John Dryden, Ann. Mirab. Preface.
An heroick poem is the greatest which the soul of man is capable to perform: the design of it is to form the mind to heroick virtue by example. Dryden.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Heroick in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Heroick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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