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Abrahamic

Syllables: A·bra·ham·ic/eɪ.bɹəˈhæm.ɪk/

Abrahamic adjective: pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch.

abrahamic: pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch
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Adjective

Abrahamic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch.
    • [T]he Noachic and Abrahamic churches are connected by Shem, and the other long-lived patriarchs, who existed before the apostasy of Noah's posterity, and survived it1832, Isaac Cullimore, “Criteria for Determining the Accuracy of Scripture Chronology”, in The Morning watch: or, Quarterly journal on prophecy, and theological review, volume 4
    • Paul's faith was at this crisis in his spiritual illumination more Abrahamic than Christlike in its character.1896, James S. Kennedy, “Spiritual Development of St. Paul”, in The Methodist review, page 66
  2. Descended from the religious tradition of Abraham.
    • Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all Abrahamic religions.
    • [The messianic] does not belong properly to any Abrahamic religion (even if I may here continue “entre nous” for essential reasons of language and of place, of culture, and of provisional rhetorical and historical strategy of which I will speak later, to give to it names inscribed by the Abrahamic...2005, Yvonne Sherwood, Kevin Hart, quoting Jacques Derrida, Derrida and Religion: Other Testaments, page 121

Noun

Abrahamic (plural Abrahamics)

  1. A member of an Abrahamic religion (usually Christians, Jews, and Muslims).

Abrahamic meaning in Hindi and Arabic

Abrahamic in Hindi

pertaining to Abraham
इब्राहीमी ibrāhīmī
pertaining to Abrahamic religions
इब्राहीमी ibrāhīmī

Abrahamic in Arabic

pertaining to Abraham
إبْراهِيمِيّ ʔibrāhīmiyy
pertaining to Abrahamic religions
إبْراهِيمِيّ ʔibrāhīmiyy

Synonyms of Abrahamic

Forms of Abrahamic

pluralAbrahamics

Origin of Abrahamic

From Abraham + -ic.

Words formed from Abrahamic

Words that rhyme with Abrahamic

Questions about Abrahamic

What does Abrahamic mean?
Abrahamic means pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch.
What is Abrahamic in Hindi?
Abrahamic in Hindi is इब्राहीमी (ibrāhīmī). See Abrahamic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Abrahamic?
Abrahamic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Abrahamic?
Abrahamic is pronounced /eɪ.bɹəˈhæm.ɪk/.

Words near Abrahamic in the dictionary

  1. Abraham-coves
  2. Abraham-man
  3. Abraham-men
  4. Abrahamian
  5. Abrahamians
  6. Abrahamic
  7. Abrahamical
  8. Abrahamically
  9. Abrahamics
  10. Abrahamism
  11. Abrahamisms

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