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Jew logo #10101) Ashkenazi 2) Christ 3) Deliverer 4) Dominical 5) Essene 6) Hymie 7) Jesus 8) Jewess 9) Kike 10) Levite 11) Redeemer 12) Sadducean 13) Sadducee 14) Savior 15) Saviour 16) Sephardi 17) Zealot
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Jew logo #10101) British slang for a miser 2) Cheder student 3) Crystal or diamond, notably 4) English word 5) Esther, notably 6) Faster 7) Faster, at times 8) Feast of Lights observer 9) French word used in English 10) Hanukkah celebrator 11) Hanukkah observer 12) Hasid 13) Hebrew 14) Human 15) Individual 16) Israelite
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Jew logo #21000[word] The term Jew passed into the English language from the Greek Ioudaios and Latin Iudaeus, from which the Old French giu was derived after dropping the letter `d`, and later after a variety of forms found in early English (from about the year 1000) such as: Iudea, Gyu, Giu, Iuu, Iuw, Iew developed into the English word `Jew.” It thus...
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Jew logo #21002• (n.) Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite.
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Jew logo #21003any person whose religion is Judaism (q.v.). In the broader sense of the term, a Jew is any person belonging to the worldwide group that constitutes, ... [149 related articles]
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Jew logo #20688Follower of Judaism, the Jewish religion. The term is also used to refer to those who claim descent from the ancient Hebrews, a Semitic people of the Middle East. Today, some may recognize their...
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Jew logo #20688The term `Jew`, for a follower of Judaism (the Jewish religion), came into use in medieval Europe, based on the Latin name for Judeans, the people of Judah. In medieval times, Jewish people were...
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Jew logo #20770 Raul Hilberg, in his Destruction of the European Jews, argued that conceptually the destructive process can be interpreted as having proceeded through a number of distinct phases. His approach is etiologically cumulative, each phase building on the preceding one, in line with his contention that the direct physical elimination of the Jewish popul...
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jew logo #20973Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite. Jew's frankincense, gum styrax, or benzoin. ... <botany> Jew's mallow, an annual herb (Corchorus olitorius) cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a pot herb, and in India for its fibre. Je...
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Jew logo #20972Jew noun [ Old French Juis , plural, French Juif , Latin Judaeus , Greek ..., from ... the country of the Jews, Judea, from Hebrew Y...h...dāh Judah, son of Jacob. Confer Judaic .] Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return fro...
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Jew logo #23057A member of the Jewish race and a member of the religious group of Judaism
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Jew logo #21217The Jews are a Semitic race of people also known as the Hebrews and Israelites. Their early history is identified with Palestine, now Israel. The Jewish history is recorded in the Old Testament. But the chronology is obscure and difficult to harmonize.
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Jew logo #21217Jew is British slang for a miser.
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Jew logo #20400[n] - a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
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Jew logo #21221(medieval England) The term `Jew`, for a follower of Judaism (the Jewish religion), came into use in medieval Europe, based on the Latin name for Judeans, the people of Judah. In medieval times, Jewish people were amongst the minority who were literate – every Jewish community h...
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Jew logo #21221Follower of Judaism, the Jewish religion. The term is also used to refer to those who claim descent from the ancient Hebrews, a Semitic people of the Middle East. Today, some may recognize their ethnic heritage but not practise the religious or cultural traditions. The term came into use in medieval Europe, based on the Latin name for Judeans, the ...
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Jew logo #23059A person who was born of a Jewish mother, A person who converted to Judaism.
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