Hebraism
Americannoun
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an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.
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the character, spirit, principles, or practices distinctive of the Hebrew people.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Hebraism
1560–70; < Late Greek Hebraïsmós, equivalent to Hebra- ( see Hebraize) + -ismos -ism
Example Sentences
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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
And then, if only for a moment, the Greek gained its triumph over this startling exhibition of Hebraism.
From The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
Similar illustrations might be drawn from the nationalistic phase of Hebraism.
From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton
We want Hellenism for knowing and enjoying, Hebraism for acting, loving, and hoping.
From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)
Here and there a fervid or brooding mind among the Greeks, such as that of Æschylus, might often approach the lines of Hebraism.
From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)
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