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1. Judith
   [n] - (Apocrypha) Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha
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2. Judith
   In the Old Testament, a Jewish widow who saved her community from a Babylonian siege by pretending to seduce, and then beheading, the enemy general Holofernes. Her story is much represented in...
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3. Judith
   Book of Judith noun an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people
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4. Judith
   (from the article `biblical literature`) ...it also describes how a woman saved her people from impending massacre by her cunning and daring. The name of the heroine occurs already in Gen. ... ...Old Testament narratives Genesis, Exodus, and Daniel. Of these, Exodus is remarkable for its intricate diction and bold imagery. The fragmenta...
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5. Judith
   (from the article `Giorgione`) ...art, particularly those of Titian. None, however, achieved so fully the expression of remoteness and unself-conscious beauty as this majestic and ...
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6. Judith
   (from the article `Hebbel, Friedrich`) Hebbel`s powerful prose play Judith, based on the biblical story, brought him fame in 1840 upon its performance in Hamburg and Berlin. His poetic ...
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7. Judith
   Judith is a French girl name. The meaning of the name is `Of Judea, Jewess` Where is it used? The name Judith is mainly used In English, Jewish, French and In the bible.How do they say it elsewhere? Judite ( In Portuguese) Judyta ( In Polish) Yehudit ( In Jewish) Yehudah ( In Jewish) Hudes ( In Je...
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8. Judith
   Judith is a cultivated variety of potato.
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9. Judith
   Judith [Heb.,=Jewess], early Jewish book included in the Septuagint, but not included in the Hebrew Bible, and placed in the Apocrypha of Protestant Bibles. It recounts an attack on the Jews by an army led by Holofernes, Nebuchadnezzar's general. Bethulia, a besieged Jewish city, is about to surrend...
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10. Judith
    In the Old Testament, a Jewish widow who saved her community from a Babylonian siege by pretending to seduce, and then beheading, the enemy general Holofernes. Her story is much represented in Western art
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11. Judith
    (Hebrew Bible) :See "Praised" or "Jewess"-->), the feminine form of Judah (biblical figure)|Judah. Judith is the name of one of the two Hittite wives of Esau in the Book of Genesis 26:34. Reportedly, Esau`s two wives were a great deal of annoyance to his parents Isaac a...
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12. Judith
    (poem) The Old English poem "Judith" describes the beheading of Assyrian general Holofernes by Israelite `Judith` of Bethulia. Various other versions of the Holofernes-Judith tale exist. These include the Book of Judith, still present in the Roman Catholic Bible, and Abbot Ælfri...
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13. Judith
    (Serov) `Judith` (, Yudíf – stress on second syllable), is an opera in five acts, composed by Alexander Serov during 1861-1863. Derived from renditions of the story of Judith from the Old Testament Apocrypha, the Russian libretto, though credited to the composer, ha...
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14. Judith
    (album) `Judith` was Judy Collins` best-selling album from 1975. It peaked at No 17 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. It includes Collins` hit recording of Stephen Sondheim`s "Send in the Clowns", as well as material by Steve Goodman, Jimmy Webb, the Rolling Stones, and the...
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15. Judith
    (homily) `Judith` is a homily written by abbot Ælfric of Eynsham around the year 1000. It is extant in two manuscripts, a fairly complete version being found in Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 303, and fragments in British Library MS Cotton Otho B.x. The homily is written in Old Engli...
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16. Judith
    (novel) `Judith` is the third in a series of historical novels set in late eighteenth-century England written by the Irish-based author Brian Cleeve. Like its predecessors, Judith features as its protagonist a young independent-minded woman who tries to make her way in a largely...
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17. Judith
    (song) "`Judith`" is a song by American rock band A Perfect Circle. It was released as the first single from their debut album Mer de Noms. The single was released as a 1-track Compact Disc single in North America, and a 4-track single on both disc and vinyl format in Austral...
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18. Judith
    (oratorio) `Judith` was an oratorio written by Thomas Arne and Isaac Bickerstaff. It was first performed at Drury Lane Theatre on 27 February 1761. It is based on the Book of Judith. During a 1767 benefit performance a song from Judith was used for the first ever use of a piano ...
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