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Definition of Thammuz
1. Noun. The tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July).
Group relationships: Hebrew Calendar, Jewish Calendar
Generic synonyms: Jewish Calendar Month
Definition of Thammuz
1. n. A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phœnician Adon, or Adonis.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thammuz
Literary usage of Thammuz
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1916)
"In Moody's "thammuz" the god is represented as killed by frenzied women.
This conception is not innate in the thammuz-Adonis myth, so Moody effected a ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1879)
"But it may be suggested that the name thammuz has perhaps been turned into the
familiar ... The name of the Phoenician deity thammuz, like the name Typhon, ..."
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