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Shulamite

American  
[shoo-luh-mahyt] / ˈʃu ləˌmaɪt /

noun

  1. an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the biblical book of Song of Solomon.


Shulamite British  
/ ˈʃuːləˌmaɪt /

noun

  1. Old Testament an epithet of uncertain meaning applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13

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When the lovely Shulamite in The Song of Solomon cries "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes!"

From Time Magazine Archive

The bride replies to the daughters of Jerusalem:— Why will ye look upon the Shulammite? or, as in the Authorized Version, What will ye see in the Shulamite?

From Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon by Taylor, James Hudson

He follows certain scholars in his conjecture that the Shulamite was given back to a humble shepherd by Solomon, when she had conquered the latter by the power of her impassioned chastity.

From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Cripps, Arthur Shearly

To me you are Hephzibah—yes, and the Shulamite.

From The Solitary Farm by Hume, Fergus

He had ridden in on Shulamite, from the heights above the town, whence he had watched the Prioress ride in the river meadow.

From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

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