Bible Dictionaries
Ladder
King James Dictionary
LAD'DER, n.
1. A frame of wood, consisting of two side pieces, connected by rounds inserted in them at suitable distances, and thus forming steps, by which persons may ascend a building, &c.
2. That by which a person ascends or rises means of ascending as a ladder made of cords.
Lowliness is young ambition's ladder.
3. Gradual rise elevation.
Mounting fast towards the top of the ladder ecclesiastical.
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