Judith

[ joo-dith ]

/ ˈdʒu dɪθ /

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noun

a devoutly religious woman of the ancient Jews who saved her town from conquest by entering the camp of the besieging Assyrian army and cutting off the head of its commander, Holofernes, while he slept.

a book of the Apocrypha and Douay Bible bearing her name. Abbreviation: Jud.

a river in central Montana, flowing north from the Little Belt Mountains to the Missouri River. 124 miles (200 km) long.

a female given name.

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Origin of Judith

From Late Latin Iudith, from Greek Ioudíth, from Hebrew yəhūdhīth “Jewish woman”

Words nearby Judith

judicial review, judicial separation, judiciary, judicious, judiciously, Judith, judo, judogi, judoka, Judson, Judy

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How to use Judith in a sentence

They sacrifice their shelter to contain the walkers—and Judith gets her first action scene!
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Several years ago, a 99-year-old woman called Judith Schwarz to her Manhattan apartment.
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Rick must shepherd his newborn daughter, Judith, through this world of peril.
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Judith Barnett is a lawyer/ international trade consultant representing global companies in the Middle East.
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She would have done the same to Judith, except that Carol and Tyreese interrupted her.
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The last three years I've been in the Judith Basin, and southern outfits haven't begun to come in there yet.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He was equally delighted with the music and libretto of Serovs opera Judith, which he heard in 1863.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovskys personal relations with the composer of Judith are only known to me in part.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Therefore it is all the more remarkable that he remained faithful to Serovs opera Judith to the end of his days.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
This year they are to appear in a play or poem which the Father Confessor has written for us—dealing with the story of Judith.
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British Dictionary definitions for Judith

Judith

/ (ˈdʒuːdɪθ) /

noun

the heroine of one of the books of the Apocrypha, who saved her native town by decapitating Holofernes

the book recounting this episode

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