blood libel

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the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.

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Also called blood accusation .

Words nearby blood libel

bloodless, bloodless operation, Bloodless Revolution, bloodletting, blood level, blood libel, blood lily, bloodline, blood meal, bloodmobile, blood money

How to use blood libel in a sentence

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In its over 1,000-year history, the land has soaked in the blood of millions of people.
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The blood that accused his friend in his heart, rushed to his face, when he repeated what had been told him.
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These differences of interests will lead to disputes, ill blood, and finally to separation.
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There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
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Louis pressed his father's hand to his lips; that hand which was hardly washed from the stain of Wharton's blood!
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Blood-streaked sputum is strongly suggestive of tuberculosis, and is more common in the early stages than later.
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