[ US /ˈmænə/ ]
[ UK /mˈænɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus
  2. hardened sugary exudation of various trees
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How To Use manna In A Sentence

  • When the people of Israel cross the Jordan River into the Promised Land the manna stops coming.
  • The ability of snails to hydrolyze plant polysaccharides xylan, mannan, starch and cellulose as well as chitin, an animal and fungal polysaccharide, is probably an indication of their omnivorous diet. Archive 2006-04-01
  • Ex-forces personnel could be the manna from heaven employers are seeking.
  • This of course was Bush's ideology, but the 'agressive' mannar in which he carried this out caused this superpower credibility to falter. D-Day in West Virginia
  • The clam pie was hot and the beer, as promised, cold - manna and nectar after a day's hiking. AMAGANSETT
  • Interestingly the manna did not fall on Sabbath, but the shewbread was renewed each Sabbath.
  • An afternoon spent in the Landmannalaugar region of Iceland involved bracing myself against a strong wind.
  • The food was not divine but it was manna for a lonely man.
  • The manna that succored the Israelites in the wilderness was gathered in baskets, which thus formed part of a divine act of national salvation.
  • In the PCW, uronic acid residues are found as constituents of xylans, pectins, glucuronomannans and arabinogalactan-proteins.
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