Semitic

alternative semitic · alternative Shemitic · alternative shemitic

1. not comparableOf or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Syriac, Tigrigna etc.
2. not comparableOf or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.

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   On the other hand, scholars say that the Philistines were an Indo-European people not related to the Semitic Palestinians.

   2008, Gary A. Tobin, The Trouble with Textbooks, page 93

   1. not comparablebiblicalOf or pertaining to the descendants of Shem, the eldest of three sons of Noah.
   2. not comparableOf or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
   3. not comparableOf or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic.

      The Semitic religions (Christianity and Islam) are nationally honored in much of Africa.

      2011, Makau Mutua, Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique, page 114

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      Thus we trace ever and again the similarities which are to be found among the Semitic religions.

      1893, George Thomas Bettany, Mohammedanism and Other Religions of Mediterranean Countries, page 45

      In contrast to these Semitic religions some religions of Indian origin like Buddhism and Jainism, are pacifist to the extent of banning the killing of animals even for food.

      2005, Xavier William, World Religions, True Beliefs and New Age Spirituality, page 45

plural Semitics · alternative semitic · alternative Shemitic · alternative shemitic

1. obsoleteA Semite.

   Moses was an Oriental—a foreigner to us—a Semitic, of another race.

   1924, Oliver Huckel, The Secret of the East, page 80

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   Dr. A. H. Sayce and others maintain that the Turanians gave the Semitics their civilization.

   1892, The American Antiquarian, page 178

   As to the dispersion of the Semitics, the opinion most generally received until lately is that the Semitics, after the Deluge, dwelt first in Armenia.

   1897, Answer to Difficulties of the Bible, page 277

alternative semitic · alternative Shemitic · alternative shemitic

1. The Semitic languages in general.