Sinaitic

adjective

Si·​na·​it·​ic

1

: of or relating to Mount Sinai

2

: of or relating to the Sinai peninsula

Word History

Etymology

New Latin sinaiticus, from Sinai, mountain probably of the Gebel Musa group in South Sinai peninsula from which according to Exodus 19:20 God gave the Ten Commandments to the Israelites and Sinai, peninsula in northeastern Egypt at the north end of the Red sea (from Late Latin, from Hebrew Sïnai) + Latin -iticus -itic

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Rhymes for Sinaitic

• andesitic
• dizygotic
• endocytic
• impolitic
• lymphocytic
• martensitic
• pegmatitic
• phagocytic
• pharisaic
• realpolitik
• rhyolitic
• actinic