Defn: Jesus Christ, the Savior; — called the Son of God, and the Son
of man.
We . . . do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of
the world. 1 John iv. 14.
Who gave His Son sure all has given. Keble.
Note: The expressions son of pride, sons of light, son of Belial, are Hebraisms, which denote persons possessing the qualitites of pride, of light, or of Belial, as children inherit the qualities of their ancestors. Sons of the prophets. See School of the prophets, under Prophet.
SONANCE
So"nance, n.
1. A sound; a tune; as, to sound the tucket sonance. [Obs.] Shak.
2. The quality or state of being sonant.
SONANT
So"nant, a. Etym: [L. sonans, -antis, p.pr. of sonare to sound. See
Sound a noise.]
1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
2. (Phonetics)
Defn: Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; — sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate. — n.
Defn: A sonant letter.