Definitions
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- noun a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC
- noun an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration
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Examples
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At Holy Baptism performed on this day, this child was given the name Ezechiel, and his Godparents were Józef Zmijiński and Antonina Chmielińska.
Steve's Genealogy Blog Steve 2010
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IV (Jeremias, Baruch, Ezechiel, Daniel): Expisito Psalmi IX: Epistola de Collatione Sedanesi "(Lyons, 1609); Paris, 1610, etc.)" Ezechiel "is in Migne," Curs.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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It's also important to note that Rahm's brother, Ezechiel, interviewed in the same article had this to say:
Richard Silverstein: Does Emanuel Appointment Signal Obama Pro-Israel Tilt? 2008
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Taking God's instructions to Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Ezechiel, and the women and the people of Jerusalem to "rise up," she demands the same of her audience.
Angela Bonavoglia: The New Inquisition - Season's Greetings from the Vatican 2008
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Or will it be the tolerant, open, forward-looking sentiments of Dr. Emanuel's son, Ezechiel?
Richard Silverstein: Does Emanuel Appointment Signal Obama Pro-Israel Tilt? 2008
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First of all, it behoves you to eat the book with Ezechiel, that the belly of your memory may be sweetened within, and thus as with the panther refreshed, to whose breath all beasts and cattle long to approach, the sweet savour of the spices it has eaten may shed a perfume without.
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Wherefore the Lord says by the mouth of Ezechiel: “My servant, David, shall be king over them and all of them shall have one shepherd.”
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997
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The Lord, therefore, threatens such rulers, saying by the mouth of Ezechiel: “Woe to the shepherds that feed themselves seeking, that is, their own interest: should not the flocks be fed by the shepherd?”
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997
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The praise of Josias, of Jeremias, Ezechiel, and the twelve prophets.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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And Ezechiel shall be unto you for a sign of things to come: according to all that he hath done, so shall you do, when this shall come to pass: and you shall know that I am the Lord God.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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