Sabaean
Britishnoun
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an inhabitant or native of ancient Saba
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the ancient Semitic language of Saba
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Sabaean
C16: from Latin Sabaeus, from Greek Sabaios belonging to Saba (Sheba)
Example Sentences
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Marib was the capital of the Sabaean kingdom, which used the dam to great purpose for farming in the city by means of an intricate irrigation system.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Similarities in architecture and polytheistic practices suggest that the Aksumites may have originally descended from the Sabaean people of southern Arabia.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Standing behind her the little Anglian slave Laetus gently fanned her with a peacock's tail, or sprinkled her with perfume from a vial; the air was heavy with Sabaean odours.
From Veranilda by George Gissing
Herself she speeds through the sky to Paphos, and joyfully revisits her habitation, where the temple and its hundred altars steam with Sabaean incense, and are fresh with fragrance of chaplets in her worship.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
The ancient romance of this country is the romance of a nobler race the romance of the Tyrian trader, Tyrian or Sabaean.
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps
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