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judith

noun

Simple meaning

A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.

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ˈdʒudəθ

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noun

  1. biblical

    An Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people

  2. A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.

  3. biblical

    The protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith.

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