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Hebraism
[ hee-brey-iz-uhm, -bree- ]
noun
- an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- the character, spirit, principles, or practices distinctive of the Hebrew people.
Hebraism
/ ˈhiːbreɪˌɪzəm /
noun
- a linguistic usage, custom, or other feature borrowed from or particular to the Hebrew language, or to the Jewish people or their culture
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Example Sentences
The idea of Hellenism is to see things as they are: the idea of Hebraism is conduct and obedience.
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And this discipline has been nowhere so effectively taught as in the School of Hebraism.
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Christianity, rejecting the Hebrew form, regards this as a mere Hebraism, substituting the name for the being himself.
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But the habits and discipline received from Hebraism remain for our race an eternal possession.
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The expression "eat bread" is a Hebraism, signifying eating in full as at a feast rather than partaking of bread only.
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