MORDECAI

Meaning of MORDECAI in English

noun Etymology: Hebrew Mordĕkhai Date: 1587 a relative of Esther who gave advice on saving the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman

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MORDECAI — In the biblical book of Esther, the cousin or guardian of Esther . Mordecai was a Jew who offended Haman, …
Английский словарь Британика
MORDECAI — /mawr"di kuy', mawr'di kay"uy/ , n. 1. the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MORDECAI — noun Etymology: Hebrew Mordĕkhai Date: 1587 : a relative of Esther who gave advice on saving the Jews from the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MORDECAI — [Mor.de.cai] n [Heb Mordekhai]: a relative of Esther who gives advice on saving the Jews from the destruction planned by …
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MORDECAI — Mordecai BrE AmE ˈmɔːd ɪ kaɪ -ə-; ˌ••ˈkeɪ aɪ, ˌ••ˈkaɪ i AmE \ ˈmɔːrd-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MORDECAI — In the biblical book of Esther, the cousin or guardian of Esther . Mordecai was a Jew who offended Haman, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MORDECAI — [Judaic] The uncle of Esther and her guardian after her father's death (see the Book of Esther). Originally, the name …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
MORDECAI — (little man, or worshipper or Mars), the deliverer, under divine Providence, of the Jews from the destruction plotted against them …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
MORDECAI — contrition; bitter; bruising
Bible Names English vocab
MORDECAI — Pronunciation: ' mo ̇ r-di- ˌ k ī Function: noun Etymology: Hebrew Mord ĕ khai Date: 1587 : a relative …
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RICHLER, MORDECAI — born Jan. 27, 1931, Montreal, Que., Can. died July 3, 2001, Montreal Canadian novelist. He grew up in a Jewish …
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KAPLAN, MORDECAI MENAHEM — born June 11, 1881, Švenc̣ionys, Lithu. died Nov. 8, 1983, New York, N.Y., U.S. Lithuanian-born U.S. theologian. He came to …
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RICHLER, MORDECAI — born Jan. 27, 1931, Montreal prominent Canadian novelist whose incisive and penetrating works explore fundamental human dilemmas and values. Richler …
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ARDON, MORDECAI
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ANIELEWICZ, MORDECAI
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RICHLER, MORDECAI — born Jan. 27, 1931, Montreal, Que., Can. died July 3, 2001, Montreal Canadian novelist. He grew up in a Jewish …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RICHLER — biographical name Mordecai 1931- Canadian novelist
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RECONSTRUCTIONISM — Movement that originated in U.S. Judaism in the 1920s. It regards Judaism only as a specific human culture, rejects the …
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ESTHER — I heroine and central figure in the book of Esther. She was a beautiful Jewish woman, the wife of the …
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RICHLER — /rich"leuhr/ , n. Mordecai , born 1931, Canadian novelist.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RECONSTRUCTIONISM — /ree'keuhn struk"sheuh niz'euhm/ , n. a 20th-century movement among U.S. Jews, founded by Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, advocating that Judaism, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KAPLAN — /kap"leuhn/ , n. Mordecai Menahem /mawr"di kuy' may"neuh hem', meuh nah"hem/ , 1881-1983, U.S. religious leader and educator, born in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RICHLER — biographical name Mordecai 1931- Canadian novelist
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FROM HUNGER — : very bad or inept the jokes were from hunger — Mordecai Richler
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HUNGER — [hun.ger] n [ME, fr. OE hungor; akin to OHG hungar hunger, Lith kanka torture] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a craving …
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THEATRE — also spelled theater in architecture, a building or space in which a performance may be given before an audience. The …
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PURIM — ((Hebrew: Lots), ) English Feast of Lots, a joyous Jewish festival commemorating the survival of the Jews who, in the …
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JUDAISM — the religion of the Jews. It is the complex expression of a religious and ethnic community, a way of life …
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ESTHER, BOOK OF — Old Testament book that belongs to the third section of the Judaic biblical canon, known as the Ketuvim, or Writings. …
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ESTHER — n. heroine and central figure in the book of Esther. She was a beautiful Jewish woman, the wife of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
AHASUERUS — (lion-king), the name of one Median and two Persian kings mentioned in the Old Testament. â In (Daniel 9:1) Ahasuerus …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

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