Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Plan
plan, n. [Fr. < L. plān-us, flat.] (webplay: project).
- Design; organization; system.
- Scheme; plot; intention.
- Mission; goal; objective; purpose; function.
- Pattern; prototype; essence; specification; set of criteria; standard structure; accepted format.
- Destiny; innate purpose; inheritance; inherent potential; genetic blueprint.
- Procedure; routine; ritual actions involved in a sacred religious ordinance; [fig.] Gospel; scriptures; divine explanation of the meaning of life.
- Routine course; usual path; normal route; [fig.] arc.
- [Fig.] universe; creation.
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