Herodias

[ huh-roh-dee-uh s ]

/ həˈroʊ di əs /

noun

the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.

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Examples from the Web for herodias

She, in turn, took the dish and offered it to Herodias, who herself bore it out of the room with a kind of snorting laugh.
Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871|Various
In the second are the Feast and the Dance of Herodias, with figures very well grouped and appropriate.
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects|Giorgio Vasari
For the page of Herodias she is a dead woman coming from the tomb to look for dead men.
Oscar Wilde|Arthur Ransome
From the day when Herodias danced John the Baptist's head into a trencher the dance has been the cause of violence and bloodshed.
The Dance of Death|(AKA William Herman) Ambrose Bierce

The only praiseworthy thing that Herodias ever did, so far as is known, was on this occasion.
Women of Early Christianity|Alfred Brittain

British Dictionary definitions for herodias

Herodias

/ (hɛˈrəʊdɪˌæs) /

noun

?14 bc –?40 ad, niece and wife of Herod Antipas and mother of Salome, whom she persuaded to ask for the head of John the Baptist. Her ambition led to the banishment of her husband

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