1. Lasting for a markedly brief time: “There remain some truths too ephemeral to be captured in the cold pages of a court transcript”Irving R. Kaufman.
2. Living or lasting only for a day, as certain plants or insects do.
ephemeral – lasting a very short time; “the ephemeral joys of childhood”; “a passing fancy”; “youth’s transient beauty”; “love is transitory but it is eternal”; “fugacious blossoms”
impermanent, temporary – not permanent; not lasting; “politics is an impermanent factor of life”- James Thurber; “impermanent palm cottages”; “a temperary arrangement”; “temporary housing”
1. A light-colored porous calcite, CaCO3, deposited from solution in ground or surface waters and forming, among other deposits, stalactites and stalagmites.
2. A compact calcium carbonate used as a facing material in construction.
[French, from Italian travertino, alteration of tivertino, from Latin (lapis) tburtnus, (stone) of Tibur (Tivoli), an ancient city of central Italy.]
The Belle Époque (French for “Beautiful Era”) was a period in European history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. Occurring during the time of the French Third Republic and the German Empire, the Belle Époque was considered a “golden age” as peace prevailed between the major powers of Europe, new technologies improved people’s lives, and the commercial arts adopted modern forms.
acolyte – someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
Holy Order, Order – (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; “theologians still disagree over whether `bishop’ should or should not be a separate Order”
particulate – a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
material, stuff – the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; “coal is a hard black material”; “wheat is the stuff they use to make bread”
dust – fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; “the furniture was covered with dust”
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