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Definition of Druse
1. Noun. An adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God. "A Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives"
Definition of Druse
1. n. A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.
2. n. One of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the Lebanon mountains of Syria.
Definition of Druse
1. Noun. (minerology) An inner surface with a crust of tiny crystals. ¹
2. Noun. (botany) An aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals found in certain plants. ¹
3. Noun. (ophthalmology) A tiny yellow or white accumulation of extracellular material that builds up in Bruch's membrane of the eye. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Druse
1. a crust of small crystals lining a rock cavity [n -S]
Medical Definition of Druse
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Druse
Literary usage of Druse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"There are always two sheikhs in a druse village—one who looks after its ...
A druse, when he wants to change his wife, has only to tell her to go back to ..."
2. The Land of Gilead, with Excursions in the Lebanon by Laurence Oliphant (1880)
"ORIGIN OF THE druse RELIGION—THE ... book on the druse Religion, which was
published in 1839, he tells us that it was written forty years prior to that date ..."
3. Memoirs of a Babylonian Princess: (Maria Theresa Asmar) Daughter of Emir by Maria Theresa Asmar (1844)
"Daily Life in the Emir's Palace—Visit to a druse Lady—A Female Astrologer—A
Prophecy—Interview with Lady Hester Stanhope — A druse Priestess—druse Shepherds ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... but they also believe that in the farthest parts of China coreligionists live,
where the soul of a dead druse may find its reincarnation. ..."
5. Haifa by Laurence Oliphant, Charles Anderson Dana (1886)
"An incident so highly characteristic of druse life and manners has just occurred
here that it seems worthy of narration. About three months ago I was ..."
6. The Land of Gilead: With Excursions in the Lebanon by Laurence Oliphant (1881)
"Excursion from Beyrout—Ain Anub—A druse Assembly—druse Character— Their ...
One of the most powerful and well known of the druse chiefs invited me to pay ..."
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