Shemitic
/ (ʃəˈmɪtɪk) /
another word for Semitic
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How to use Shemitic in a sentence
The Shemitic nobility is purely patriarchal: it owes nothing to conquest; it has its origin in blood.
The Desert World | Arthur ManginThe Hebrew belongs to a stock of related languages commonly called Shemitic, because spoken mainly by the descendants of Shem.
Companion to the Bible | E. P. BarrowsMany of these peculiar words are Aramean; that is, they are words current in the Aramean branch of the Shemitic languages.
Companion to the Bible | E. P. BarrowsBehind the laws regulating sacrifice in the Old Testament there lies the long history of Shemitic ritual and religion.
Gloria Crucis | J. H. BeibitzThey had the same traditions in common with the Shemitic and Hamitic families from which they sprung.
The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races | Arthur, comte de Gobineau
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