The+Aramaean+language
61Ar|a|ma|ic — «AR uh MAY ihk», noun, adjective. –n. a Semitic language or group of dialects in which much Jewish and early Christian literature was written. Aramaic includes Syriac and the language spoken in Palestine at the time of Christ. »One form of… …
62Jewish mythology — is generally the sacred and traditional narratives that help explain and symbolize the Jewish religion, whereas Jewish folklore consists of the folk tales and legends that existed in the general Jewish culture. There is very little early folklore …
63Aramaic — noun Date: 1828 a Semitic language known since the ninth century B.C. as the speech of the Aramaeans and later used extensively in southwest Asia as a commercial and governmental language and adopted as their customary speech by various non… …
64Cypriot American — A Cypriot American is a citizen of the United States of America of Cypriot heritage or descent. The majority of Cypriots speak either Greek or Turkish, while a minority speak Arabic or Armenian. In general, Greek speaking Cypriot Americans are… …
65Turkish Empire — • Created in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire, from the caliphate of Baghdad and independent Turkish principalities Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Turkish Empire Turkish Empi …
66Semite — /sem uyt/ or, esp. Brit., /see muyt/, n. 1. a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs. 2. a Jew. 3. a member of any of the peoples… …
67Aramaeans — A group of tribal peoples who emerged in the middle of the second millennium b.c. from the Syrian deserts and established small kingdoms in Syria and along the Mediterranean coast, one of them centered in the town of Guzana. Some Aramaeans… …
68Aramaic — /ar euh may ik/, n. 1. Also, Aramean, Aramaean. a northwest Semitic language that from c300 B.C. A.D. 650 was a lingua franca for nearly all of SW Asia and was the everyday speech of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine. Abbr.: Aram Cf. Biblical… …
