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Samaritan

Syllabification: (Sa·mar·i·tan)
Pronunciation: /səˈmaritn, -ˈme(ə)r-/

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Definition of Samaritan

noun

  • 1 (usually Good Samaritan) a charitable or helpful person (with reference to Luke 10:33).
  • 2a member of a people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times, or of the modern community in the region of Nablus claiming descent from them, adhering to a form of Judaism accepting only its own ancient version of the Pentateuch as Scripture.
  • 3the dialect of Aramaic formerly spoken in Samaria.

adjective

  • of or relating to Samaria or the Samaritans.

Derivatives

Samaritanism

Pronunciation: /-ˌizəm/

noun

Origin:

from late Latin Samaritanus, from Greek Samareitēs, from Samareia 'Samaria'. The New Testament parable of the Good Samaritan reflects a proverbial hostility between Jews and Samaritans

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