dayspring

IPA: dˈeɪsprɪŋ

(archaic) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak.

Examples of "dayspring" in Sentences

The dayspring from on high hath visited us.
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us
The picturesque old English word 'dayspring' means neither more nor less than _sunrising_.
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
It is called the dayspring from on high because the light of the gospel shines forth from heaven.
Whereby the dayspring, &c. The word dayspring {7} means the morning light, the aurora, the rising of the sun.
And often did she loosen the bolts of her door, to watch for the faint gleam: and welcome to her did the dayspring shed its light, and folk began to stir throughout the city.
Equality that ever linketh friend to friend, city to city, and allies to each other; for Equality is man's natural law; but the less is always in opposition to the greater, ushering in the dayspring of dislike.
One told me he was two years in chaotic darkness, without an inch of firm ground to stand upon, watching for the dayspring from on high, and after this long probation it shone upon his path, and he has walked by its light for years.