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alpha and omega

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alpha and omega
n.
1. The first and the last: "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord" (Revelation 1:8).
2. The most important part.
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Noun1.alpha and omega - the first and last; signifies God's eternity
eternity, infinity - time without end
2.alpha and omega - the basic meaning of something; the crucial part
crux of the matter, crux - the most important point


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And if it be my Alpha and Omega that everything heavy shall become light, every body a dancer, and every spirit a bird: and verily, that is my Alpha and Omega
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
Two abysmal beasts sprang at each other's throats that day beneath the shadow of earth's oldest cliffs--the man of now and the man-thing of the earliest, forgotten then, imbued by the same deathless passion that has come down unchanged through all the epochs, periods and eras of time from the beginning, and which shall continue to the incalculable end--woman, the imperishable Alpha and Omega of life.
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Now inasmuch as we have plenty of wit, we thought it would be a good thing to parade our dear little honor, or dishonor, to catch an old boy; but that old boy, my dear heart, knows the Alpha and Omega of female tricks,--which means that you could easier put salt on a sparrow's tail than to make me believe I have anything to do with your little affair.
An Old Maid by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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