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Judith

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Ju·dith 1  (jdth)
In the Bible, a Jewish heroine who rescued her people by slaying an Assyrian general.
Ju·dith 2  (jdth)
n. Abbr. Jdt.
See Table at Bible.
Judith [ˈdʒuːdɪθ]
n
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the heroine of one of the books of the Apocrypha, who saved her native town by decapitating Holofernes
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the book recounting this episode
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Noun1.JudithJudith - Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
Apocrypha - 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status
2.Judith - an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people
Book of Judith
Apocrypha - 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status
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Judith [ˈdʒuːdɪθ] N → Judit


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I could almost fancy it was thirty years back, and I was a little gell at home, looking at Judith as she sat at her work, after she'd done the house up; only it was a little cottage, Father's was, and not a big rambling house as gets dirty i' one corner as fast as you clean it in another--but for all that, I could fancy you was your Aunt Judith, only her hair was a deal darker than yours, and she was stouter and broader i' the shoulders.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
And there with the strained craft steeply leaning over to it, by reason of the enormous downward drag from the lower mast-head, and every yard-arm on that side projecting like a crane over the waves; there, that blood-dripping head hung to the Pequod's waist like the giant Holofernes's from the girdle of Judith.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
The other Queen for whom they retain a great veneration is Candace, whom they call Judith, and indeed if what they relate of her could be proved, there never was, amongst the most illustrious and beneficent sovereigns, any to whom their country was more indebted, for it is said that she being converted by Inda her eunuch, whom St.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
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