Himyarite
Americannoun
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one of an ancient people of southern Arabia speaking a Semitic language.
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a descendant of these people.
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noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Himyarite
1835–45; < Arabic ḥimyar (name of a tribe and an old dynasty of Yemen) + -ite 1
Example Sentences
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In Arabia, he sought to aid the local Christian communities with a military campaign against the Himyarite king Dhu Nuwas.
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The decision by the Himyarite rulers to convert to Judaism in the late fourth century CE made monotheism more prominent in the region.
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Here, the Himyarite Empire subsumed local groups to become a unified state that converted to Judaism sometime in the fifth century CE.
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Himyar came into increasing contact with Christian missionaries inside its borders, and several churches were built in Himyarite cities in the fourth and fifth centuries.
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The Himyarite Arabs, as I have shown, derived their name originally from their red color, and they were constantly depicted on the Egyptian monuments as red or light brown.
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius
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