Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to any of the faiths traditionally held to descend from the biblical patriarch Abraham, especially Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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- adjective Descended from the religious tradition of Abraham.
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Examples
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Today many pastors, like Taylor, use the term 'Abrahamic' traditions to include Muslim brothers and sisters, who also descend from Judaism's and Christianity's Father Abraham.
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This love to the child of his friend, I always thought, is the great element in that arrangement of the Most High which we call the Abrahamic covenant; for he who made us, knew how much a love for our children, on the part of others, draws us together, and what bonds are constituted and strengthened between men through their children; and that one great means of promoting love to Him would be, his manifesting special love and care for the offspring of those who love him.
Bertha and Her Baptism Nehemiah Adams 1842
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I prefer to call it "Abrahamic Conversion" because all of this is covered quite plainly, clearly and explicitly in Genesis 17:10-14 when Abraham is commanded to circumcise all the males in his household.
Robert Eisenman: Abrahamic Conversion Robert Eisenman 2011
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I prefer to call it "Abrahamic Conversion" because all of this is covered quite plainly, clearly and explicitly in Genesis 17:10-14 when Abraham is commanded to circumcise all the males in his household.
Robert Eisenman: Abrahamic Conversion Robert Eisenman 2011
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But even these so-called Abrahamic religions differ when it comes to describing God.
Benyamin Cohen: Questions for Stephen Prothero, Author of God Is Not One 2010
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But even these so-called Abrahamic religions differ when it comes to describing God.
Benyamin Cohen: Questions for Stephen Prothero, Author of God Is Not One 2010
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Many around the world see the so-called Abrahamic religions in this light.
The George Tiller Murder and the Insanity of Christo-Jihadists 2009
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There are fundamentalists in all three of what might be called the Abrahamic religions — Christians as well as Muslims.
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Which explains why they are both called Abrahamic religions and Mr J.
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Thus no matter how paganesque Hinduism might appear, it is not pagan in the sense attributed to the word by Abrahamic religions.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Arvind Sharma 2012
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