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Hebraistic

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[hee-brey-is-tik, -bree-] / ˌhi breɪˈɪs tɪk, -bri- /
Sometimes Hebraistical

adjective

  1. of or relating to Hebraists or characterized by Hebraism or Hebraisms.


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Etymology

Origin of Hebraistic

First recorded in 1840–50; Hebraist + -ic

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This architecture is Hebraistic in spirit, not Greek; it well accords with the deep ground-swell of Hebrew prophets.

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The phraseology of the verse in Θ has a distinctly Hebraistic look, much more so than in Ο´. v.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney

I could not ignore the kind but firmly severe criticism implied; I could not but revolt from this Hebraistic onslaught.

From The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

This architecture is Hebraistic in spirit, not Greek; it well accords with the deep ground-swell of the Hebrew prophets.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey

Philo subtle, and with long involved periods knit together by logical connectives: the Book of Wisdom sententious, full of parallelisms, assertory and Hebraistic throughout.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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