noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A Syrian idiom or phrase; a Syriacism.

   "the Apostles in Greek words , which favoured many times of a Hebraism or Syrianism"

Example

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"the Apostles in Greek words , which favoured many times of a Hebraism or Syrianism"

Etymology

From Syrian + -ism.

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