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

Hammurabi’s regime, built on conquest and plunder, hardly provides a model for peace, democracy or human rights.
What Ancient Laws Can Teach Us About Holding Autocrats to Account Today|Fernanda Pirie|December 23, 2021|Time
History may not give us all the answers—Hammurabi’s curses are unlikely to have much effect today—but these examples remind us that there are many possible versions of the rule of law.
What Ancient Laws Can Teach Us About Holding Autocrats to Account Today|Fernanda Pirie|December 23, 2021|Time
This is at least better than the Code of Hammurabi, which considered the rape victim an adulteress.
No Wonder Cosby's Keeping Quiet: He Could Still Be Prosecuted|Jay Michaelson|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is just as likely to bring in Ben Bernanke and Ralph Nader as Hammurabi and Cato the Elder.
A Manifesto for Disorder: Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s ‘Antifragile’ Reviewed|Robert Herritt|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST

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.
How to Observe in Archaeology|Various
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.