WordNet Dictionary- [n] (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis
- [n] English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)
Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Di*a"na\, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.)
The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who
presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified
with the Greek goddess {Artemis}.
And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope.
{Diana monkey} (Zo["o]l.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey
of West Africa ({Cercopithecus Diana}).
Computing DictionaryEaston Bible Dictionaryso called by the Romans; called Artemis by the Greeks, the "great" goddess worshipped among heathen nations under various modifications. Her most noted temple was that at Ephesus. It was built outside the city walls, and was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. "First and last it was the work of 220 years; built of shining marble; 342 feet long by 164 feet broad; supported by a forest of columns, each 56 feet high; a sacred museum of masterpieces of sculpture and painting. At the centre, hidden by curtains, within a gorgeous shrine, stood the very ancient image of the goddess, on wood or ebony reputed to have fallen from the sky. Behind the shrine was a treasury, where, as in 'the safest bank in Asia,' nations and kings stored their most precious things. The temple as St. Paul saw it subsisted till A.D. 262, when it was ruined by the Goths" (Acts 19:23-41)., Moule on Ephesians: Introd.
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