See Also: de profundis(dictionary)

Lincolnshire (sh) and de profundis (iou)


Lincolnshire (sh)




Administrative (pop., 2001: 646,646), geographic, and historic county, eastern England.

It lies along the North Sea from the Humber estuary to the Wash. Among its most important towns is Lincoln. Inhabited in prehistoric times, it developed as an area of Roman settlement. Anglo-Saxons later established the kingdom of Lindsey. Danish influence was also widespread through villages established by Danes. Geographically isolated, it remains primarily an agricultural region. Along the coast, tourism has grown.


de profundis (iou)



de profundis noun & adverbial phr. LME.
[Latin = from the depths, the initial words of Psalms 130 (129).]
A. noun. A psalm of penitence; spec. Psalm 130 (129 in the Vulgate); gen. a cry of appeal from the depths (of sorrow, humiliation, etc.). LME.
b. adverbial phr. Out of the depths (of sorrow etc.). LME.