Abrahamic

//eɪ.bɹəˈhæm.ɪk// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an Abrahamic religion (usually Christians and Muslims, and also Jews).
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch. not-comparable

    "[T]he Noachic and Abrahamic churches are connected by Shem, and the other long-lived patriarchs, who existed before the apostasy of Noah's posterity, and survived it"

  2. 2
    Descended from the religious tradition of Abraham. not-comparable

    "Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baháʼí Faith are all Abrahamic religions."

Synonyms

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ibrahimicabrahamicalabrahamicalabrahamistabrahamistabrahamitic

Example

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"Aaron was a prophet, and the elder brother of Moses in the Abrahamic religions."

Etymology

From Abraham + -ic.

Related phrases

Abrahamic religionPan-Abrahamicanti-Abrahamicpre-Abrahamic

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