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41. rab(b)onī n.

Additional spellings: rabboni
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A spiritual master; also, as a term of address for Christ.

42. sabaoth n.

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(a) Coll. The heavenly hosts; -- used only in phrases: oure lord (lordes) sabaoth, lord god sabaoth, lord (god) of sabaoth; (b) = sabat n.; sabaoth dai.

43. sabā̆t n.

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(a) The seventh day of the week, observed by the Jews as a day of religious rest, in accordance with the commandment of God transmitted to them by Moses; the Sabbath, Saturday; (b) dai of (the) sabat

44. Sabath n.

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The eleventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical calendar.

45. Salomon n.

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(a) Solomon, king of Israel in the 10th century B.C., known for his great wisdom; the reputed author of various books of the Old Testament; also, Solomon's writings [quot.: c1390]; (b) a person with…

46. saramoid n.

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A stone of magical properties that falls from the sky in thunderstorms.

47. Sā̆tan n.

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(a) The supreme embodiment of evil, the devil, Satan; -- also in oaths; also, the character Satan in a mystery play; prince Satan, self (himself) Satan; (b) fig. of a person: an opponent, a tempter.

48. Satanā̆s n.

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(a) The supreme embodiment of evil, the devil, Satan; -- also in oath; also fig.; set of Satanas, assigned to Satan; sinagoge of Satanas, false Jews; tempten Satanas, to put oneself in mortal danger…

49. sechim n.

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The shittah tree (?Acacia seyal); also as place name, prob. by confusion with Bibl. Shechem [quot.: a1398]; thorn of sechim, fig. a righteous man in heaven; tres of sechim, shittah trees; also, acacia…

50. Sunamīte n.

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An inhabitant of Shunem, a town in the land of Canaan; also as epithet for the Virgin Mary.

51. tau n.

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(a) Tau, the name of the letter T in the Hebrew and Greek alphabets; (b) a sign in the shape of the letter T, sometimes taken as standing for the cross; the sign of the cross, marked on the forehead…

52. theraphim n.

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Usu. coll. Images or representations of household gods, usu. associated with a cult of ancestor worship in Biblical Israel; also, an image or a representation of one such god [vr. to 1st quot.].

53. Tophet n.

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(a) The image of Moloch in the valley of Hinnom on which human sacrifices were burned; (b) in Bibl. transl.: a site or shrine in the valley of Hinnom; (c) a place of burning, Gehenna, hell.

54. vau n.

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The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.