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- adjective of or pertaining to
Shem , the oldest son ofNoah - adjective obsolete
Semitic
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Examples
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Among the bathers in the outer room there are several strong, muscular figures, but a total want of that elegant symmetry which distinguishes the Caucasian and Shemitic races.
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
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Tubal swore strange Shemitic oaths as he grasped the mystery of the vanishing trail.
Conan the Wanderer Howard, Robert E. 1974
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The voice was harsh, slurring the Shemitic gutturals with the accents of Hyrkania.
Conan the Freebooter Howard, Robert E. 1968
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One would not know him for the young eagle who led his horsemen into the teeth of the Brythunian knights and the Shemitic asshuri.
Conan the Freebooter Howard, Robert E. 1968
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When Moses, the servant with the watchword, "I AM THAT I AM," presented himself to the Shemitic and {42} Japhetic races, he was everywhere received and acknowledged by them as their leader, in opposition to both the temporal and theological power of the Magi and of Pharaoh.
Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy John Delafield
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Most scholars, including Renan, insist on ascribing to the Arabians, in common with all other Shemitic races, a worship of one God as Supreme, though the Arabian Allah, like the Baal of Canaan and Phoenicia, was supposed to be attended by numerous inferior deities.
Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood
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And this cup -- the absolutely _feminine_ type -- the _Iona_ which forms the nucleus of so great and so curious a family of words in the Indo-Germanic and Shemitic languages -- was fabled to have been formed from the wood of Ivy.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Shemitic races, with India and Scandinavia and the Greek and Roman systems, is apparent enough to any one who will compare the names, customs, and legends common to all.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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We note one very distinguishing mark, the physical appearance of this remarkable race partaking more of the phlegmatic nature of the Shemitic father, than the nervous boisterous temperament of the Hamitic mother, as a certain clue to their Shem-Hamitic origin.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909
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Behind the laws regulating sacrifice in the Old Testament there lies the long history of Shemitic ritual and religion.
Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 1902
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