Judith

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Ju·dith 1

 (jo͞o′dĭth)
In the Bible, a Jewish heroine who rescued her people by slaying an Assyrian general.

Ju·dith 2

 (jo͞o′dĭth)
n.
See Table at Bible.
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Judith

(ˈdʒuːdɪθ)
n
1. (Bible) the heroine of one of the books of the Apocrypha, who saved her native town by decapitating Holofernes
2. (Bible) the book recounting this episode
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Ju•dith

(ˈdʒu dɪθ)

n.
1. a Jewish woman who saved her town from the besieging Assyrian army by cutting off the head of its commander, Holofernes, while he slept.
2. a book of the Apocrypha and Douay Bible bearing her name.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Judith - Jewish heroine in one of the books of the ApocryphaJudith - 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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Translations
Judita
Judith
JehuditJuditJudith
Ιουδίθ
Jehudit
Judith
Giuditta
JuditJudith
Judit

Judith

[ˈdʒuːdɪθ] N → Judit
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Going out early in life and marrying late, as his father had done before him, he too begat a lean and anxious- minded son, who in his turn, going out early in life and marrying late, became the father of Bartholomew and Judith Smallweed, twins.
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