angel's ladder

Definitions

1. 1

   Synonym of Jacob's ladder.

   • She thought of Jacob, with his pillow of stone and his angel's ladder, and then raised her thoughts in prayer.
   • And the vistas grew bright with the light of faith; and even as Jacob sleeping at the foot of the angel's ladder, saw that "all things are less dreadful than they seem," she knew that her life would not be barren of joy and comfort.
2. 2

   A ray of sunlight descending from between clouds.

   • Phenomena such as angel's ladders, sun dogs, & the coloration of everyday objects will will illustrate the occurence^([sic]) of these different frequencies.
   • You can see a beautiful "angel's ladder" in the sky!
   • I supopse after the darkness of night and death's shadows, the soul loves to rise with the sunbeams. Angel's ladders!
3. 3

   A way to be worthy of heaven

   A way to be worthy of heaven; virtue or virtuous living.

   • Prayer was in his eyes an angel's ladder to the heavens, and the shining path by which all blessings descend to the lowly soul.
   • One must descend to lustful night visions before climbing the angel's ladder of sun-filled dreams.
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      A tall, craggy, cliff.

      • When on the summit, we had gone part way Up angel's ladders, toward eternal day.
      • And down, and down we go on this angel's ladder. Antonio appears and disappears at the top of the ravine as the mist thickens and thins, and I know that he is smiling indulgently.
      • If we had eyes to see we should know every common bush as aflame with God and every craggy height as an angel's ladder.
   2. 5

      A chain of reasoning or actions that progresses to something sublime.

      • To him, phenomena were but the indications of a power whence they proceeded; the angel's ladder which leads from the world of fact to the heaven of principle, was never absent from his consciousness.
      • Among his pupils thus discovered and assisted in their first effort to climb the angel's ladder of music, are Fleury-Urban, Durand Hitchcock and Minnie Hauk, now among the most illustrious votaries of art.

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