dream vision

noun

Definition of DREAM VISION

: a usually medieval poem having a framework in which the poet pictures himself as falling asleep and envisioning in his dream a series of allegorical people and events

First Known Use of DREAM VISION

1906

Rhymes with DREAM VISION

abscission, collision, concision, decision, derision, division, elision, elysian, envision, excision, incision, misprision, North Frisian, Parisian, precisian, precision, prevision, provision, recision, rescission, revision

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