Ezra
['ezrə]
Definition
(noun.) an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity.
(noun.) a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem.
Typed by Belinda--From WordNet
Examples
- Ezra Jennings stopped at the road which led to the village. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Ezra Jennings took off his hat to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I can add nothing which will make the description more accurate, answered Ezra Jennings. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I turned round, and found myself face to face with Ezra Jennings. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His assistant--a certain Mr. Ezra Jennings--was at our disposal, to be sure. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Before Ezra Jennings could answer me, he was hailed from the high road by a man, in great agitation, who had been evidently on the look-out for him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In the next sentence the everlasting Ezra Jennings appeared again! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Ezra Jennings listened patiently, even anxiously, until I had done. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- After advancing a few hundred yards, Ezra Jennings stopped at a gap in the rough stone wall which shut off the moor from the road, at this part of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Ezra Jennings looked at me, with a sudden flash of interest in his dreamy brown eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Ezra Jennings took up his notes from the table, and placed them in my hands. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Ezra Jennings stopped for a moment, and picked some wild flowers from the hedge by the roadside. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, and Ford Madox Ford. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Ezra Jennings shook his head. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Having already referred to Mr. Candy's illness on his side, Ezra Jennings now appeared determined to leave it to me to resume the subject. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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