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Jer⋅e⋅mi⋅ah

  [jer-uh-mahy-uh]
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–noun
1. a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Jer.
3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God is high.”
Related forms:
Jer⋅e⋅mi⋅an, Jer⋅e⋅mi⋅an⋅ic  [jer-uh-mahy-an-ik] , adjective
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Jeremiah

A major Israelite prophet; also, a book of the Old Testament that chronicles his life and records his angry lamentations about the wickedness of his people.

Note: A “jeremiad” is any long lamentation or angry denunciation.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Jeremiah 
masc. proper name, O.T. prophet (see jeremiad) who fl. c.626-586 B.C.E., from Heb. Yarimyah, lit. "may Jehovah exalt." Latinized as Jeremias; the vernacular form in Eng. was Jeremy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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