Friar's Lantern (Noun)
Meaning
A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- The hikers reported seeing a friar's lantern hovering above the misty bog as they made their way back to camp.
- According to local legend, the friar's lantern was a harbinger of doom, a sign that someone in the village would soon meet their maker.
- As the sun dipped below the horizon, a faint, flickering light appeared on the marsh, which the locals referred to as a friar's lantern.
- The scientist was skeptical of the friar's lantern sightings, attributing them to the bioluminescence of certain types of fungi that grew in the area.
- The old man warned the children to stay away from the marsh at night, lest they encounter the friar's lantern and be lured to their deaths.