SHIBBOLETH
\ʃˈɪbə͡ʊləθ], \ʃˈɪbəʊləθ], \ʃ_ˈɪ_b_əʊ_l_ə_θ]\
Definitions of SHIBBOLETH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a favorite saying of a sect or political group
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a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people
By Princeton University
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a favorite saying of a sect or political group
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a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Also in an extended sense.
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Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase.
By Oddity Software
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Also in an extended sense.
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Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase.
By Noah Webster.
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(B.) A word used as a test by the Gileadites to detect the Ephraimites, who could not pronounce the sh: the criterion or watchword of a party.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Hebrew] A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites - the Ephraimites not being able to pronounce the letter, sh, pronounced the word sibboleth. See Judges, xi. and xii.;-hence, that which distinguishes one party from another.