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Jehovian
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English
Alternative forms
en Jehovan
Etymology
From en Jehovah ian.
Adjective
Of or relating to Jehovah.
1904, G. W. Foote, “The Kinship of Life. A secularist view of animals’ rights,” The Humane Review, London: Ernest Bell, January, 1904, pp. 305-306,
The first book of the Bible gives man absolute dominion over the lower animals; and in the story of Cain and Abel we see the Jehovian preference for the sacrifice of animals rather than the peaceful tribute of the fruits of the earth—a preference which ran through the whole Mosaic Law, and befouled the Temple altars with perpetual blood.
1977, Liana Burgess (translator), “Anger” by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli in Anthony Burgess, Abba Abba, London: Faber & Faber,
Only on one occasion did he fall
Into a rage that tore him near asunder
And made him roar with true Jehovan thunder
And bounce in bloody anger like a ball
Noun
en derogatory A Jehovah's Witness.
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