Lamb

lamb làmb English Etymology 1 1. From en enm lamb as a nickname. 2. From a short form of Lambert. 3. Reduced Anglicized form of en ga Ó Luain. 4. Possibly also a translation of en fr agneau. Proper noun ~ s en Middle English. en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Craig co/Switzerland County s/Indiana c/USA. en extinct town co/Marion County s/Missouri c/USA. en An islet (small <<island>>) in the <<bay/Firth of Forth>>, <<carea/East Lothian>>, <<cc/Scotland>> OS grid ref NT5386. Derived terms en Lamb County en Lambian en Lamb shift Etymology 2 See Lamb of God. See also lamb. Proper noun the Lamb en Christianity Jesus; the Lamb of God Revelation 12 10-11 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. en 1920 w:Edward Carpenter Pagan and Christian Creeds 1921 New York Harcourt, Brace and Co. 40 (See St. Paul's epistles, and the early Fathers.) And we have the expression "washed in the blood of the Lamb" adopted into the Christian Church. en Christianity The constellation and zodiacal sign Aries. en 1862 [Frances Rolleston] Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations: Part III Rivingtons London 7 The Fish, His Church in union bound;The Lamb, once slain, but now enthroned;The Bull the victory shall gain;The Twins, Divine and human reign. en 1920 w:Edward Carpenter Pagan and Christian Creeds 1921 New York Harcourt, Brace and Co. 40 The lamb slain was called the Paschal Lamb. But what was that lamb? Evidently not an earthly lamb — (though certainly the earthly lambs on the hillsides were just then ready to be killed and eaten) — but the heavenly Lamb, which was slain or sacrificed when the Lord "passed over" the equator and obliterated the constellation Aries. Synonyms Jesus en Paschal Lamb, en Lamb of God, en Agnus Dei Etymology 3 See lamb. Noun en slang en lamb a fan of Mariah Carey. en Mary Sollosi The Meaning of Mariah Carey is a compelling account of suffering and survival: Review w:Entertainment Weekly https://ew.com/books/book-reviews/meaning-of-mariah-carey-review/ 29 September 2020 Mariah Carey’s memoir opens with the great line: “I refuse to acknowledge time, famously so.” As if to establish the rules of the book, then add, with a toss of hair, but you knew that. Most readers of The Meaning of Mariah Carey, which the record-smashing songstress wrote with Michaela Angela Davis, probably already did know that (and are happy to stick to Mariah’s anti-schedule), but there’s plenty in the 337-page volume that will surprise even the most devoted Lambs. https://web.archive.org/web/20250715110206/https://ew.com/books/book-reviews/meaning-of-mariah-carey-review/ 15 July 2025 en Rebecca Coleman The G-Word: Film, Fantasy and Afro-Fabulative Futures Glitterworlds: The Future Politics of a Ubiquitous Thing w:Goldsmiths Press 2020 118 9781912685400 Similarly, although critics panned Glitter for being ‘an unintentionally hilarious compendium of time-tested cinematic clichés that illustrates the chasm between hopeful imitation and successful duplication,’ as the New York Times (Van Gelder 2001) put it, during the #JusticeForGlitter campaign, Mariah Carey’s fans, the Lambs, posted clips from the film on Twitter and reasserted their love for it. en Tori Brazier Make space in the Lambily as Ryan Reynolds brands himself ‘total Mariah Carey fan’ for Fantasy-filled Free Guy Metro https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/06/ryan-reynolds-is-total-mariah-carey-fan-as-he-talks-fantasy-filled-free-guy-15050883/ 6 August 2021 Ryan Reynolds has labelled himself a ‘total Lamb’, as he was revealed to be the brains behind the idea of using Mariah Carey’s Fantasy as the anthem for his upcoming movie Free Guy. https://web.archive.org/web/20250722194613/https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/06/ryan-reynolds-is-total-mariah-carey-fan-as-he-talks-fantasy-filled-free-guy-15050883/ 22 July 2025 en David Oliver ‘Stan’ culture can prompt star worship at its worst w:The Indianapolis Star 119 68 16 September 2021 3H https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/766148738/ Army go full-on militant for BTS, and Lambs live by Mariah Carey.Mariah Carey’s superfans refer to themselves as Lambs. References Anagrams en ablm ALBM BAML BLAM LBMA balm blam