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Semitic

17 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Semitic (adjective)
  2. Semitic (noun)
  3. Semitic language (noun)
  4. semitic languages
  5. Hamito-Semitic (adjective)
  6. Hamito-Semitic languages (noun plural)
  7. Middle Semitic (noun)
  8. North Semitic (noun)
  9. Northwest Semitic (noun)
  10. Proto-Semitic (noun)
  11. Proto-Semitic (adjective)
  12. South Semitic (noun)
  13. Southwest Semitic (noun)
  14. West Semitic (noun)
  15. proto-semitic
  16. proto-semitic
  17. anti-Semitism (noun)

1Se·mit·ic

adj \sə-ˈmi-tik also -ˈme-\

Definition of SEMITIC

1
: of, relating to, or constituting a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family that includes Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and Amharic
2
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Semites
3
: jewish
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Origin of SEMITIC

German semitisch, from Semit, Semite Semite, probably from New Latin Semita, from Late Latin Sem Shem
First Known Use: 1813

Other Jewish Religion Terms

Talmud, Zion, challah, dybbuk, kosher, tabernacle, tetragrammaton, yarmulke

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