Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-FAR'
A-FAR', adv. [a and far. See Far.]
- At a distance in place; to or from a distance; used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.
- In Scripture, figuratively, estranged in affection; alienated. My kinsmen stand afar off. – Ps. xxxviii.
- Absent; not assisting. Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? – Ps. x.
- Not of the visible church. – Eph. ii.
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