Vale-of-tears Definition

noun

(idiomatic) A symbolic "valley of tears"; meaning the world and the sorrows felt through life. Similar to the Old Testament Psalm 23's reference to the "valley of the shadow of death", the phrase implies that sadness is part of the physical world (i.e. part of human experience).

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Noun

Singular:
vale-of-tears
Plural:
vales of tears

Origin of Vale-of-tears

  • From vale a Middle English word meaning a valley or a dale.

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Vale-of-tears Sentence Examples

  • We pass through the vale of tears - we do n't have to dwell there.

  • She thought of that sad time in her life as a metaphorical vale of tears.

  • Paulus Orosius argues that the world has always been a vale of tears.

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