Canaanitish
Americanadjective
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The ancient Canaanitish year began in the autumn in what the later calendar reckoned the seventh month.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
The first fruits of this grace were received by that wise Canaanitish woman, who had been taught, as if she had been in the school of Christ, to ask for divine grace; whom Matth. xv.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
They like the Lamii were Cuthite, and Canaanitish priests, who had founded temples in these parts; and particularly near three small islands, to which they gave name.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob
To start an expedition on the day of the funeral rites of Adonis, the Canaanitish “Lord,” was no luckier than to set sail on a Friday, the death-day of the “Lord” of Christendom.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen
More frequently their place was taken by Egyptian governors, a very considerable number of whom, however, were of Canaanitish descent.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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