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Samaritan - What does it mean?

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samaritan

English

(wikipedia Samaritan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising the religious traditions originating in that region.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 62:
    • Many of these despised people built a rival temple on Mount Gerizim in the central Palestinian territory known as Samaria, and hence they were called Samaritans (a word of contempt to Jews); in very reduced numbers, they still live round their sacred mountain now.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or relating to Samaria or Samaritans.

    • Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.