Shemite
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- Shemitic adjective
- Shemitish adjective
Example Sentences
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Perhaps a better way to locate Ham, Shem and Japheth and their first offspring is first to read the 10th and 11th Chapters of Genesis, then locate their names on the map, and it will be seen that not a Shemite, or white man, originally located in Africa.
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As Deutsch says, �To a Shemite, Nature is simply what has been begotten, and is ruled absolutely by One Absolute Power.�
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It has all along displayed a great capacity for certain forms of art and semi-civilization, but has rarely risen to the level of the Shemite and Japhetite races.
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The Shemite nations showed little tendency to migrate, being grouped about the Euphrates and Tigris valleys and neighboring regions.
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The Zingarans sank my last ship off the Shemite shore—that's why I joined Zarallo's Free Companions.
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