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  • proper noun UK A telephone helpline providing support to those at risk of suicide.
  • noun Plural form of Samaritan.

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Examples

  • With this narrative of the progress of the Gospel among the Samaritans is connected another which points to the diffusion of the doctrine of the Cross among the remotest nations.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • I would rather call Samaritans than talk to Gallas.

    WordPress.com News 2008

  • The loss of easy headlines, pap-shots of a non-sleb and the marked reduction in revenue stream from kiss-n-tell stories is a matter for major concern, and the Samaritans will be there for all those tabloid hacks who are facing a future of proper work .

    Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • The loss of easy headlines, pap-shots of a non-sleb and the marked reduction in revenue stream from kiss-n-tell stories is a matter for major concern, and the Samaritans will be there for all those tabloid hacks who are facing a future of proper work .

    Samaritans Launch 'Jadeline' Dungeekin 2009

  • This is the minimal view maintained today; most scholars would argue that the Samaritans are a Jewish sect.

    Samaritan Sect. 2009

  • QUESTION: Ari, there's a report published in the New York Times today that a religious group called Samaritans Purse, which receives U.S. government funds through AID requires people to attend prayer meetings or watch movies before they receive the assistance that the U.S. government is supporting.

    CNN Transcript - Special Event: Fleischer Briefs Press - March 5, 2001 2001

  • The Samaritans is the brainchild of British clergyman Chad

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • The Samaritans were the most inveterate foes of the Jews.

    Barnes New Testament Notes 1949

  • Samaritans, that is to those who were circumcised and observed the law of Moses.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • The original language of the Samaritans was the vernacular of

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

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