Jewish
['dʒuːɪʃ] or ['dʒʊɪʃ]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion; 'He is Jewish'; 'a Jewish wedding' .
Typed by Benjamin--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish.
Typed by Jolin
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Hebrew, Judaic, Judaical.
Typist: Perry
Examples
- His racial Jewish commercialism made the antagonism of property and labour very plain to him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some of the greatest of Jewish literature was written in Arabic, the religious writings of Maimonides, for example. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In spite of very distinctive features of their own, these two teachers do in a manner arise out of, and in succession to these Jewish prophets. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is surely a dream, said the Preceptor; we have many Jewish physicians, and we call them not wizards though they work wonderful cures. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Everything seemed dreary: the portents before the birth of Cyrus--Jewish antiquities--oh dear! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- By birth he was probably a Jew, though some Jewish writers deny this; he had certainly studied under Jewish teachers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From being a temple religion of the old type, the Jewish religion becomes, to a large extent, a prophetic and creative religion of a new type. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Equally important is the uncompromising monotheism, void of any Jewish exclusiveness, which is sustained by the Koran. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ay, brother, a Jewish sorceress! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Generous Christian master,' urged the Jewish man, 'it being holiday, I looked for no one. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Anything more Jewish than it--its contents and their prices--cannot be conceived. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To these Jewish Khazars are to be ascribed the great settlements of Jews in Poland and Russia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Within a hundred yards of it is the original graveyard, for aught I know; the tombstones lie flat on the ground, which is Jewish fashion in Syria. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As this machine was borne out at the Temple gate by four men, the poor little dolls' dressmaker and her Jewish friend were coming up the street. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But since your reverend wisdom hath discovered this Jewish queen to be a sorceress, perchance it may account fully for his enamoured folly. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He gathered Jewish and Moslem as well as Christian philosophers at his court, and he did much to irrigate the Italian mind with Saracenic influences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For phases of vigorous proselytism alternated with phases of exclusive jealousy in Jewish history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From this time downward horses were in constant use in the Jewish armies. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It has been the abiding place of many learned and famous Jewish rabbins. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Jewish idea was and is a curious combination of theological breadth and an intense racial patriotism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He addressed an old Jewish man in an ancient coat, long of skirt, and wide of pocket. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The professional establishment of the more opulent of these gentlemen, consists of a blue bag and a boy; generally a youth of the Jewish persuasion. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I expect he is a Jew--or part Jewish. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A Jewish magician might be the subject of equal abhorrence with a Jewish usurer, but he could not be equally despised. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I have no mind to encounter a sentence of degradation, or even to lose my Preceptory, for the sake of a painted piece of Jewish flesh and blood. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There were perplexing cases, of course, as when a young Whitechapel Jew had to decide whether he belonged to the British or the Jewish nation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He divided up this valley stretched out here before us, and so it was once Jewish territory. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Two divergent lines of thought are traceable in Jewish affairs during these five hundred years. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Doubt not he will ruin thee, if thou affordest him a pretext so fair as thy protection of a Jewish sorceress. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We are almost equally in the dark as to the teachings of Gamaliel, who is named as the Jewish teacher at whose feet he sat. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Perry