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Brewer's: Adamastor
Adamas′tor The spirit of the stormy Cape (Good Hope), described by Camoëns in the Lusiad as a hideous phantom. According to Barreto, he was one of the giants who invaded heaven. Source:…Brewer's: Adamites
Ad′amites(3 syl.). A sect of fanatics who spread themselves over Bohemia and Moravia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. One Picard, of Bohemia, was the founder in 1400, and styled…Deuteronomy: 7
Deuteronomy Chapter 7 1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the…Jeremiah: 31
Jeremiah Chapter 31 1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were…Brewer's: Solemn
Habitual, customary. (Latin, sollemnis, strictly speaking means “once a year,” “annual,” solus-annus.) “Silent night with this her solemn bird” [i.e. the nightingale, the bird familiar to…1 Kings: 8
1 Kings Chapter 8 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem…Deuteronomy: 9
Deuteronomy Chapter 9 1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven…1 Maccabees: 2
1 Maccabees Chapter 2 1 In those days arose Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and dwelt in Modin. 2 And he had five…Judaism
Judaism is the oldest of the monotheistic faiths. It affirms the existence of one God, Yahweh, who entered into covenant with the descendants of Abraham, God's chosen people. Judaism's holy writings…1 Samuel: 11
1 Samuel Chapter 11 1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve…Trending
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