lost tribes
the members of the ten tribes of ancient Israel who were taken into captivity in 722 b.c. by Sargon II of Assyria and are believed never to have returned to Palestine. 2 Kings 17:1–23.
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Levitical peculiarities suggest the ubiquitous decad of the lost tribes of Israel.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamDid you ever observe one of the descendants of the lost tribes who inhabit Chatham street dreamily waiting for a passing rustic?
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 | VariousAs many attempts have been made to find the great island of Atlantis, as to discover the country of the lost tribes.
Critias | PlatoIn this respect, then, there is no need to search for an extra-limital origin through lost tribes for any art there exhibited.
On Limitations To The Use Of Some Anthropologic Data | J. W. PowellWhere are our missing twenty millions of Irish should be here today instead of four, our lost tribes?
Ulysses | James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for lost tribes
the lost tribes Old Testament the ten tribes deported from the N kingdom of Israel in 721 bc and believed never to have returned to Palestine
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