Semitics

[ suh-mit-iks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

Semitics

/ ˈsɛmɪtɪst; sɪˈmɪtɪks /

1870–75, Americanism; Semitic, -ics

After having occupied for twenty years the chair of Semitics at the university of Leipzig, he retired to Prostnitz.

They again were probably not Semitics but of the Aryan race.

Sufficient evidence goes to show that they worshipped many gods in the beginning, as did other Semitics.

These Semitics remembered their old allies, now in the desert, and besought them for aid.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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