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
Their eyes still lingered on the archway through which the noble figure of Symon, Bishop of Worcester, mounted upon his black mare, Shulamite, had just disappeared from view.
From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)
Alice and Claude Askew's South African Novel, "The Shulamite," is one of the most popular of successful novels.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
In the first four sections they style her "the fairest among women," but in the fifth she is spoken of as "the Shulamite," or the King's bride, and also as the "Prince's daughter."
From Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon by Taylor, James Hudson
But One, more to her than the daughters of Jerusalem, responded to her unaffected question, "What will ye see in the Shulamite?"
From Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon by Taylor, James Hudson
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