Definition of Samaritan

1. Noun. A member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times.

Generic synonyms: Israelite

Definition of Samaritan

1. a. Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine.

Definition of Samaritan

1. Noun. A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising the religious traditions originating in that region. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, or relating to Samaria or Samaritans. ¹

3. Noun. a Good Samaritan ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Samaritan

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Samaritan

Sam Hill
Sam Houston
Sam Shepard
Sam Snead
Sam Spade
Sama-Veda
Samael
Samanala
Samantha
Samanthas
Samar
Samara
Samarang
Samarcand
Samaria
Samaritan
Samaritans
Samarkand
Samatha
Sambaa
Sambo
Sambos
Sambre
Sambre River
Sambucus caerulea
Sambucus canadensis
Sambucus ebulus
Sambucus nigra
Sambucus pubens
Sambucus racemosa

Literary usage of Samaritan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The most prosperous period of samaritan theological learning was that of the ... A number of samaritan-Arabic commentaries on the Pentateuch belong to the ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"That the mutual hatred of the two peoples did not bar the samaritans from the Gospel is shown by Jesus' employment of the samaritan as the merciful man in ..."

3. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1852)
"The samaritan text appears to be more correct than the Hebrew, in Gen. ii. 4. -vu. ... The samaritan Pentateuch, however, is of great use and authority in ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"What was formerly called the samaritan language rested almost exclusively ... Consequently, the existing samaritan grammars and lexicons are in the highest ..."

5. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1840)
"The samaritan text appear» to be more correct than the Hebrew, in Gen. ii. 4. vii. ... The samaritan Pentateuch, however, is of gre:it use and authority in ..."

6. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"The sur|bis.smg reverence of the samaritan is shown in pas-^ages like MX. xxiv. 10, " and they beheld (i"il « which is transmuted into •• nnd they held by, ..."

7. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"samaritan WRITING. From a copy of the Pentateuch executed near the end of ... "The samaritan ie considered one of the most ancient of Kastern alphabets, ..."

8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The most prosperous period of samaritan theological learning was that of the ... A number of samaritan-Arabic commentaries on the Pentateuch belong to the ..."

9. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"That the mutual hatred of the two peoples did not bar the samaritans from the Gospel is shown by Jesus' employment of the samaritan as the merciful man in ..."

10. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1852)
"The samaritan text appears to be more correct than the Hebrew, in Gen. ii. 4. -vu. ... The samaritan Pentateuch, however, is of great use and authority in ..."

11. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"What was formerly called the samaritan language rested almost exclusively ... Consequently, the existing samaritan grammars and lexicons are in the highest ..."

12. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1840)
"The samaritan text appear» to be more correct than the Hebrew, in Gen. ii. 4. vii. ... The samaritan Pentateuch, however, is of gre:it use and authority in ..."

13. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"The sur|bis.smg reverence of the samaritan is shown in pas-^ages like MX. xxiv. 10, " and they beheld (i"il « which is transmuted into •• nnd they held by, ..."

14. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"samaritan WRITING. From a copy of the Pentateuch executed near the end of ... "The samaritan ie considered one of the most ancient of Kastern alphabets, ..."

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