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Samaritan
samaritan
n. & adj. --n. 1 (in full good Samaritan) a charitable or helpful person (with ref. to Luke 10:33 etc.). 2 a member of an organization which counsels people in distress by telephone or face to face. 3 a native of Samaria in West Jordan . 4 the language of this people. 5 an adherent of the Samaritan religious system, accepting only the Samaritan Pentateuch. --adj. of Samaria or the Samaritans. Phrases and idioms Samaritan Pentateuch a recension used by Samaritans of which the MSS are in archaic characters. Derivatives Samaritanism n. Etymology: LL Samaritanus f. Gk Samareites f. Samareia Samaria
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin samaritanus, noun & adjective, from Greek samaritēs inhabitant of Samaria, from Samaria Date: before 12th century a native or inhabitant of Samaria, a person who is generous in helping those in distress, samaritan adjective, often capitalized ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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