Abdias
(defs 1, 2).
Historical Examples
Abdias, Marcellinus and Hegisippus have each related this story, with a little difference in the details.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
Abdias, Marcellus, and Hegesippus have all three written this story.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
Abdias therefore went to meet Achab, and told him: and Achab came to meet Elias.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version Various
He to whom we owe the most circumstantial gospel that we possess deserved a better historian than Abdias.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
noun
(Bible) the Douay form of Obadiah
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abdi my servant. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:44. (2.) 2 Chr. 29:12. (3.) Ezra 10:26. Contemporary Examples Next, abdi would like to work with Chris Rock and Denzel Washington and is writing a film script himself. Barkhad Abdi: From Limo Driver to Oscar Contender Tim Teeman February 22, 2014 Today, abdi and her staff appealed to […]
- Abdicable
to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate. to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner: King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936. […]
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abdicating, forsaking, or deserting: to be abdicant of one’s duty. a person who abdicates; abdicator.
- Abdicate
to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate. to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner: King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936. […]
- Abdication
the act or state of ; renunciation. Contemporary Examples abdication brought her to the throne, but it will not be the way she leaves it. To the Queen, on Her 83rd Birthday Robert Lacey April 20, 2009 Bergoglio is 76 years old—nine years younger than Benedict at the time of his abdication. Introducing Pope Francis, […]