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Definition of Judges

1. Noun. A book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges.

Definition of Judges

1. Proper noun. (biblical) The seventh book of the Old Testament, and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh. ¹

2. Noun. Plural of ''judge''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Judges

1. judge [v] - See also: judge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Judges

Literary usage of Judges

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"Little Sugar Creek precinct, at the house of Isaac D. Stockton; ID Stockton, Thomas Sears, James Osborn, judges. Little Osage precinct, at Miller's store; ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Their successors, the judges, were rather military commanders than judges or magistrates in the strict sense. With the beginning of the monarchy, ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"J Crim Law 8:165-6 Jl '17 Judges American judicial veto. N. Sargent. ... Am Law R 50:730-40 S '16 Recall of judges and Judicial Independence. JM Kerr. ..."

4. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan (1850)
"Four of the judges gave him to understand that they could not, ... I am determined," said the king, " to have twelve judges who will be all of my mind "as ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"The judges indeed acted in the King's name, but they were all elected by the ... In every District there was a civil tribunal of five judges, elected for a ..."

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