Definition of Aliya

1. aliyah [n -S] - See also: aliyah

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aliya

aliteracy
aliterate
aliterate person
aliterates
alitretinoin
alitrunk
alitrunks
aliturgical
aliue
aliunde
alive
alive(p)
alive and kicking
aliveness
alivenesses
aliya (current term)
aliyah
aliyahs
aliyas
aliyos
aliyot
aliyoth
alizapride
alizari
alizarin
alizarin carmine
alizarin crimson
alizarin cyanin
alizarin indicator
alizarin purpurin

Literary usage of Aliya

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

1. A Manual of Hindu Law: For the Use of Students and Practitioners by Standish Grove Grady (1871)
"—This term is derived from karn aliya, son-in-law, and sri satana, offspring; ... In its details the law of aliya Santan corresponds with that of ..."

2. The Hindu Law of Marriage and Stridhan by Sir Gooroodass Banerjee (1879)
"Tongu,1 that a female member of a family governed by the aliya Santana law, ... Touching the nature of the marriage relation under the aliya Santana system, ..."

3. Heroic Ballads of Servia by Leonard Bacon (1913)
"Now hast I hon got two damsels, but there is none forme."1 Muyo was grieved; forth from his belt he wrenched the dagger free, And there smote aliya to the ..."

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