lost tribes
Americannoun
plural noun
Example Sentences
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Many Igbos believe they have Jewish heritage as one of the so-called 10 lost tribes of Israel, though most are not practising Jews like Mr Yaakov.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2021
People at the time thought there might be dinosaurs or lost tribes down there.
From National Geographic • Jan. 13, 2018
There he saw Indians�and concluded that there had to be a likeness between them and the lost tribes of primitive Britain.
From Time Magazine Archive
It looked like a cross between a gigantic camp meeting and the gathering of the lost tribes of Israel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The English have taken absorbing interest in the fate of the lost tribes, maintaining by most elaborate arguments their identity with the inhabitants of Scandinavia and England.
From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav
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