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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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Origin of Hebraistic

First recorded in 1840–50; Hebraist + -ic

Example Sentences

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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 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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 Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

He assumes in this respect the Hebraistic point of view, and looks out from it with an undoubting heartiness which in these days is really refreshing.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 by Various

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 Daubney, William Heaford

It has become fashionable to divide the rival tendencies of modern thought into the two classes of Hellenistic and Hebraistic.

From Among Famous Books by Kelman, John

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