[
UK
/sɐmˈæɹɪtən/
]
[ US /səˈmɛɹɪtən/ ]
[ US /səˈmɛɹɪtən/ ]
NOUN
- a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times
How To Use Samaritan In A Sentence
- But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight.
- The Samaritans are the last echo that remain in the world of the ancient Israelite tradition.
- Organisations such as Samaritans have long sought to persuade the media that reporting suicide calls for particular care.
- Good Samaritan, Jesus pointed out that religious creed is secondary to the actual practice of love. An Interview with J.R. Lankford
- Samaritans in Northallerton are helping volunteers from a North Yorkshire-based charity who are counselling farmers separated from their sheepdogs by the foot-and-mouth crisis.
- Later, "Israelite" or "Jew" was changed into "Samaritan, " which introduces an element of inconsistency, since no Samaritan would have been found on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem (ib. 30).
- He knew these Samaritans meant well, but all they were doing was making him feel inferior. CODE BREAKER
- To clean an unidentified spot of dirt from a page of a Samaritan Pentateuch (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible), Ms. de Arteni used a very soft vinyl eraser, a medium that won't abrade the vellum (animal skin) of the rare 13th-century volume. The New York Public Library: From Vault to Exhibition Gallery: Conserving Library Treasures
- In Cubao, the Samaritana Transformation Ministries group takes a different tack by offering women friendship and acceptance first and foremost.
- A Samaritan is used as an example of the mercifulness that all disciples ought to demonstrate.