LUCIFER Lu"ci*fer, n. Etym: [L., bringing light, n., the morning star, fr. lux, lucis, light + ferre to bring.]
1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; — applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations ! Is. xiv. 12. Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to, Satan. Kitto.
2. Hence, Satan.
How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . .
When he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. Shak.
3. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; — called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.
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Lu`ci*fe"ri*an, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Lucifer; having the pride of Lucifer; satanic; devilish.
2. Of or pertaining to the Luciferians or their leader.
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Lu`ci*fe"ri*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)