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Judith

DEFINITIONS OF: Judith

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n Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes

Example of:
heroine
a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds

n an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people

Synonyms:
Book of Judith
Example of:
book
a major division of a long written composition
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