Adullamite
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Adullamite
C19: originally applied to members of the British House of Commons who withdrew from the Liberal party (1866); alluding to the cave of Adullam in the Bible, to which David and others fled (1 Samuel 22: 1–2)
Example Sentences
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Adullamite hopped away, running toward the B titles, which flapped their pages to welcome it.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
From Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities by Cooper, Robert
Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
From The World English Bible (WEB): Genesis by Anonymous
My Adullamite friend was slow indeed with his farewells.
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Cripps, Arthur Shearly
He was what I should call an Adullamite.
From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)
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