Samaritanism

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    charity; benevolence uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The religion of the Samaritan people, tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East following their avoidance of the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BCE.

Example

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"Judaism and Samaritanism are ethnoreligions."

Etymology

From Samaritan + -ism. (charity, benevolence): Alluding to the Good Samaritan.

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middle east

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