Abjects
abjects
(Ps. 35:15), the translation of a Hebrew word meaning smiters; probably, in allusion to the tongue, slanderers. (Comp. Jer. 18:18.)
Historical Examples
abjects hoot at him as he walks along bowed beneath the load of his own cross, which was the emblem of our sin.
Talks To Farmers Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Well might her Lieutenant-General say that her “poor subjects were no better than abjects.”
History of the United Netherlands, 1584-86, Vol. I. (of IV) Complete John Lothrop Motley
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