Syriac
[seer-ee-ak]
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noun
a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
Origin of Syriac
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Not so: there are Christians there too, like the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch.
Historical Examples of syriac
He next proceeded to learn the Chaldee, Syriac, and Samaritan dialects.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
Also, what Syriac Lexicon stands highest for value and accuracy?
The root in Syriac means "to be sad," but Kimchi derives it from a root "to be black."
The Expositor's BibleF. W. Farrar
That of the Koran, based on the Cufic forms of the Syriac 2.
The Natural History of the Varieties of ManRobert Gordon Latham
In Syriac the word ‘Eben’ signifies equally a child and a stone.
TraditionJohn Francis Arundell
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