Hammurabi

[ hah-moo-rah-bee, ham-oo- ]

/ ˌhɑ mʊˈrɑ bi, ˌhæm ʊ- /

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noun

18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia.

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Also Ham·mu·ra·pi

[hah-moo-rah-pee, ham-oo-]. /ˌhɑ mʊˈrɑ pi, ˌhæm ʊ-/.

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How to use Hammurabi in a sentence

This is at least better than the Code of Hammurabi, which considered the rape victim an adulteress.
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He is just as likely to bring in Ben Bernanke and Ralph Nader as Hammurabi and Cato the Elder.
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The Code of Hammurabi is one of the most important monuments in the history of the human race.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World|Hammurabi, King of Babylon
The famous code of Hammurabi is much older than the Mosaic law.
The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation|Ernst Von Dobschutz

Town ruins of Hammurabi's age (Babylon): crude brick: plans always confused and haphazard.
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What is easier than sitting before a comfortable steam radiator and reading an etymological dictionary or the Laws of Hammurabi?
By Advice of Counsel|Arthur Train
The Jewish law had a provision like that in the law of Hammurabi, except that the limit was six years instead of three.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner

British Dictionary definitions for Hammurabi

Hammurabi

Hammurapi

/ (ˌhæmʊˈrɑːbɪ) /

noun

?18th century bc, king of Babylonia; promulgator of one of the earliest known codes of law

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Cultural definitions for Hammurabi

Hammurabi

[ (ham-uh-rah-bee, hah-muh-rah-bee) ]

A king of ancient Mesopotamia, known for putting the laws of his country into a formal code.