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Abrahamical
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English
Etymology
From en Abraham ical.
Adjective
Like or pertaining to Abraham.
en 1840 40 Lives of the most eminent fathers of the church that flourished in the first four centuries William Cave Witness the yesterday's sacrifice of that Abrahamical old man, who, being newly returned from banishment, ye knocked on the head at noon-day in the middle of the street, whose murderers yet, at our intercession, were spared and pardoned.
en 1841 John Lauris Blake; Jehoshaphat Aspin A view of the world: as exhibited in the manners, costumes, & characteristics of all nations 270 They indeed practise circumcision, on which account, they have been supposed to be descended from the Abrahamical stock ; but they have lost all tradition of its origin, and assign custom only as the reason of the operation.
Derived terms
en Abrahamically
en eponyms