Shulamite
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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 terms “Solomon” and “the Shulamite” are explained as figurative references to the famous king, and to Abishag the Shulamite, “fairest among women,” on the lines of the use of “king” and “queen” noted above.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
The Well-beloved to whom this Shulamite would hasten was a bald-headed provincial lawyer who wore spectacles and three mufflers.
From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys
A Dancer What will you see in the Shulamite whom the King has compared to an army?
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar
Hasten good Shulamite, black and comely still, though flecked with foam.
From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)
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