Hebraism

American  

[hee-brey-iz-uhm, -bree-] / ˈhi breɪˌɪz əm, -bri- /

noun

1. an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.

2. the character, spirit, principles, or practices distinctive of the Hebrew people.

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Hebraism British  

/ ˈhiːbreɪˌɪzəm /

noun

1. a linguistic usage, custom, or other feature borrowed from or particular to the Hebrew language, or to the Jewish people or their culture

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Etymology

Origin of Hebraism

1560–70; < Late Greek Hebraïsmós, equivalent to Hebra- ( see Hebraize) + -ismos -ism

Example Sentences

These are the permanent values he has resolved to serve, believing that a synthesis of Hellenism and Hebraism is the hope of the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nothing could exceed the discord of vituperation, the Hebraism of Carlyle denouncing the Vaticanism of Wiseman, "Free Kirk and other rubbish" pitted against "Comtism, ghastliest of algebraic spectralities."

From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Gosse, Edmund

"God is holy; be ye holy," was the word of Hebraism, growing clearer, stamping itself by institutions and inheritance.

From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring

Hellenism may be regarded as the complement and contrast of Hebraism.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace

Now neither Hebraism nor Hellenism could produce the ideal man or harmoniously develop all his best powers.

From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)