expunging

  • 81deletion — noun 1. any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases • Syn: ↑omission • Hypernyms: ↑linguistic process • Hyponyms: ↑aphaeresis, ↑apheresis, ↑aphesis, ↑ …

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  • 82ex|punc|tion — «ehk SPUHNGK shuhn», noun. the act of expunging; erasure. ╂[< Latin expūnctiō, ōnis < expungere; see etym. under expunge (Cf. ↑expunge)] …

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  • 83ex|punge|ment — «ehk SPUHNJ muhnt», noun. the act of expunging; expunction …

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  • 84AMIDAH — (Heb. עֲמִידָה; standing ), the core and main element of each of the prescribed daily services. In talmudic sources it is known as Ha Tefillah ( The Prayer par excellence). As its name indicates, the Amidah must be recited standing. Other names… …

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  • 85ANTISEMITISM — ANTISEMITISM, a term coined in 1879, from the Greek ἁντί = anti, and Σημ = Semite by the German agitator wilhelm marr to designate the then current anti Jewish campaigns in Europe. Antisemitism soon came into general use as a term denoting all… …

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