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4 words match “SHIBBOLETH”

SHIBBOLETH n. 3 definitions
boleth. See Judges xii. Without reprieve, adjudged to death, For want of well pronouncing shibboleth. Milton.
ADJUDGE v.
To sentence; to condemn. Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. Milton.
NECK n.
Sir W. Scott. (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth. These words, "bread and cheese," were their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing "broad and cause," being presently put to death. Fuller. -- Neck yoke. (a) A bar by which the end of the tongue…
SCIBBOLETH n.
Shibboleth. [Obs.]