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Vashti

[ vash-tee, -tahy ]

noun

  1. the queen of Ahasuerus who was banished for refusing to appear before the king's guests. Esther 1:9–22.


Vashti

/ ˈvæʃtaɪ /

noun

  1. Old Testament the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus: deposed for refusing to display her beauty before his guests (Esther 1–2) Douay spellingVasthi


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That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus: and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

Unreasonable, however, as the demand of Ahasuerus was, Vashti ought not to have been so peremptory.

A young girl named Vashti Dethic, has been brought up by her father to the rôle of clairvoyante and miracle-worker.

At first, he loves Vashti with a humble, ecstatic love, in which religious enthusiasm seems to enter more than human passion.

Vashti could tie a ribbon so that every man she passed turned to look after her.

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