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Lilith

[ lil-ith ]

noun

  1. Semitic Mythology. a female demon dwelling in deserted places and attacking children.
  2. Jewish Folklore. Adam's first wife, before Eve was created.


Lilith

/ ˈlɪlɪθ /

noun

  1. (in the Old Testament and in Jewish folklore) a female demon, who attacks children
  2. (in Talmudic literature) Adam's first wife
  3. a witch notorious in medieval demonology


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Example Sentences

Although sprightly, Lilith is unusually small for her age, and thereby the butt of ridicule from her classmates.

“The service had the air of a protest,” Miriam Cantor-Stone, an intern at Lilith Magazine, told me after the gathering wrapped up.

Should you shell out for Lilith Fair, or travel to Bonnaroo?

Lilith is another demon still feared by the Jews, who employ charms against her to this day.

The legends of Lilith were transmitted from people to people until they came down to the Jews, who believed them.

You have been everywhere, Lady Lilith, and met every one whom the world considers worth meeting—they were not too numerous?

Some day, perhaps, Lady Lilith will meet a man who goes to the other end of England to avoid her.

One looked to Lady Lilith in old days to create a diversion, but your dire friendship has sobered her.

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