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61sabbatical — 1640s, of or suitable for the Sabbath, from L. sabbaticus, from Gk. sabbatikos of the Sabbath (see SABBATH (Cf. Sabbath)). Meaning a year s absence granted to researchers (originally one year in seven, to university professors) first recorded… …
62cloot — the devil Literally, one of the divisions of a cloven hoof, a physical characteristic shared by Satan and cattle. Also as clootie: I hate ye as I hate auld Cloot. (Barr, 1861) Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie, (ibid.) Clootie …
63desert — [adj] barren, uncultivated arid, bare, desolate, infertile, lonely, solitary, sterile, uninhabited, unproductive, untilled, waste, wild; concept 560 Ant. cultivated, fertile, productive desert [n] wasteland; dry area arid region, badland, barren …
64jubilee — [14] Despite their similarity, jubilee has no etymological connection with jubilation [14] and jubilant [17]; but they have exerted a considerable influence on it over the centuries. It was originally a Hebrew word: Hebrew yōbhēl meant ‘leading… …
65unplowed — adjective (of farmland) not plowed (Freq. 1) unplowed fields unbroken land • Syn: ↑unploughed, ↑unbroken • Ant: ↑plowed • …
66ARNONA — (Heb. אַרְנוֹנָא, from Latin Arnona), annual crop tax. As in other Roman provinces the arnona, the duty to supply grain either for the Roman Army or for the city of Rome, was imposed in Judea. At the beginning of Roman rule there Julius Caesar… …
67HORNET — (Heb. צִרְעָה), insect. Three times the Bible mentions that the hornet would be sent ahead of the Israelites to drive out the inhabitants of the land of Canaan before them (Ex. 23:28; Deut. 7:20; Josh. 24:12). Some contend that the reference here …
