n. & adj.
--n.
1. (in full good Samaritan) a charitable or helpful person (with ref. to Luke 10:33 etc.).
2 a member of an organization which counsels people in distress by telephone or face to face.
3 a native of Samaria in West Jordan .
4 the language of this people.
5 an adherent of the Samaritan religious system, accepting only the Samaritan Pentateuch.
--adj. of Samaria or the Samaritans.
Phrases and idioms:
Samaritan Pentateuch a recension used by Samaritans of which the MSS are in archaic characters.
Derivatives:
Samaritanism n.
Etymology: LL Samaritanus f. Gk Samareites f. Samareia Samaria