Definition of Shammas

1. shammes [n -MASIM] - See also: shammes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shammas

shamelessnesses
shamelike
shamen
shamer
shamers
shames
shamest
shameth
shami kebab
shamiana
shamianas
shaming
shamingly
shamisen
shamisens
shammas (current term)
shammash
shammashim
shammasim
shammed
shammer
shammers
shammied
shammies
shamming
shammos
shammosim
shammy
shammy leather

Literary usage of Shammas

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

1. History of the Moorish Empire in Europe by Samuel Parsons Scott (1904)
"Meanwhile, Ibn-shammas informed the Emir of what had happened, ... The traitors instantly took the alarm; the house of Ibn-shammas was deserted in a moment; ..."

2. Six Months in a Syrian Monastery: Being the Record of a Visit to the Head by Oswald Hutton Parry (1895)
"shammas Efrem did not keep us long waiting, but soon came in, like Boaz, ... shammas Efrem casually mentioned afterwards that he was known to have committed ..."

3. The Holy Land and Syria by Frank George Carpenter (1922)
"My guide, shammas, who stands beside me, tells me that it looks like a camel, ... "Now look again," says shammas, "and see if it is not like a fan! ..."

4. A History of Spain from the Earliest Times to the Death of Ferdinand the by Ulick Ralph ( Burke (1895)
"Tahia, foiled once more in his endeavours, now offered the throne, quite after the good old Visigothic fashion, to one ben shammas, a cousin-german of the ..."

5. Original Virtue, and Other Short Studies by S. Levy (1907)
"Hence the " shammas " (the " attendant " candle by which the other lights are kindled) has been instituted to take its place near the ..."

6. A History of Spain from the Earliest Times to the Death of Ferdinand the by Ulick Ralph Burke (1900)
"Tahia, foiled once more in his endeavours, now offered the throne, quite after the good old Visigothic fashion, to one Ben shammas, a cousin-german of the ..."

7. The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighbouring Countries by Abū Ṡāliḣ, Basil Thomas Alfred Evetts, Alfred Joshua Butler (1895)
"There were two places of the name in the same province; but there is now only one Mit shammas, which is in the district of ..."

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