HOLOFERNES

Meaning of HOLOFERNES in English

[Ho.lo.fer.nes] n [LL, fr. Gk Holophernes]: a general of Nebuchadnezzar's who led an Assyrian army against Israel and was beheaded in his sleep by Judith

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HOLOFERNES — noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Holophernēs Date: before 12th century a general of Nebuchadnezzar's who led an Assyrian army …
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HOLOFERNES — /hol'euh ferr"neez, hoh'leuh-/ , n. (in the Book of Judith) a general, serving Nebuchadnezzar, who was killed by Judith.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLOFERNES — noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Holophernēs Date: before 12th century : a general of Nebuchadnezzar's who led an Assyrian …
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HOLOFERNES — a dogmatic schoolmaster in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. Strictly a comic character, Holofernes is verbose, conceited, and quick to dismiss …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOLOFERNES — Holofernes BrE AmE ˌhɒl ə ˈfɜːn iːz hə ˈlɒf ə niːz AmE \ ˌhɑːl ə ˈfɝːn iːz ˌhoʊl-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOLOFERNES — or more correctly OLOFERNES, was, according to the book of Judith, a general of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians., Judith …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
HOLOFERNES — (библеизм) Олоферн
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HOLOFERNES — (библеизм) Олоферн
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HOLOFERNES — n библ. Олоферн
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HOLOFERNES — (n) олоферн
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HOLOFERNES — n библ. Олоферн
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HOLOFERNES — n библ. Олоферн
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HOLOFERNES — (библеизм) Олоферн
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HOLOFERNES — (библеизм) Олоферн
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HOLOFERNES — Pronunciation: ˌ hä-l ə - ' f ə r-( ˌ )n ē z, ˌ h ō - Function: noun Etymology: …
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JUDITH — I Legendary Jewish heroine, the central character in the Book of Judith in the Apocrypha . (The book is excluded …
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GENTILESCHI, ARTEMISIA — born 1593, Rome, Papal States died 1652/53, Naples, Kingdom of Naples Italian painter. The daughter of Susanna and the Elders …
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JUDITH — /jooh"dith/ , n. 1. a devoutly religious woman of the ancient Jews who saved her town from conquest by entering …
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VECCHIO, PALAZZO — also called Palazzo della Signoria most important historic government building in Florence, having been the seat of the Signoria of …
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NATHANIEL — a curate in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. A comic character, Nathaniel is given to the same sort of overblown verbosity …
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MASSYS, QUENTIN — born c. 1465, /66, Louvain, Brabant [now in Belgium] died 1530, Antwerp Massys also spelled Matsys, Metsys, or Messys Flemish …
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LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
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JUDITH, BOOK OF — apocryphal work excluded from the Hebrew and Protestant biblical canons but included in the Septuagint (Greek version of the Hebrew …
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GENTILESCHI, ARTEMISIA — born 1593, Rome, Papal States died 1652/53, Naples, Kingdom of Naples Judith with her Maidservant, by Artemisia Gentileschi, 161314; at …
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DULL — the unimaginative constable of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. Dull's plain and witless dialogue stands in comic contrast to the verbal …
Britannica English vocabulary
JUDITH — n. Legendary Jewish heroine, the central character in the Book of Judith in the Apocrypha . (The book is excluded …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GENTILESCHI, ARTEMISIA — born 1593, Rome, Papal States died 1652/53, Naples, Kingdom of Naples Italian painter. The daughter of Orazio Gentileschi , she …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST — a play ( c. 1595) by William Shakespeare . The story is about a king and three of his lords …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
CANOPY — Judith 10:21; 13:9; 16:19. The canopy of Holofernes is the only one mentioned.
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

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