A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old"…
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Holy Scripture
the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
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English prior to about 1100
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.A book.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound shee…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of th…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.Same as Genetical.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.Nearly related; closely akin.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
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A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unwor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sacred, writings, christian, religions, went.Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.
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