MACROCOSM

n. Ma2k'ro-ko2z'm. Gr., fxaxpoKoo-Axos (from xpo;, large, and ic6<r/io, the universe). Lat., macrocosm us. Fr., macro cos me. Ger., Makrocosmus. The universe; the great world, as opposed to the small world (see MICROCOSM) with which man has to do. [L, 49 (a, 39, 48).] [s. 686]