A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate.
Macaulay.
4. Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by
delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a
lucid interval.
Syn. -- Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable. See
Luminous.
Lu*cid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. lucidité. See Lucid.] The quality or state
of being lucid.
Lu"cid*ly (?), adv. In a lucid manner.
Lu"cid*ness, n. The quality of being lucid; lucidity.
Lu"ci*fer (?), n. [L., bringing light, n., the morning star, fr. lux,
lucis, light + ferre to bring.]
1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in
Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning !
how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations
!
Is. xiv. 12.
Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah
in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name
Lucifer has since been applied to Satan.
Kitto.