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   Samaritan

   /səˈmarɪt(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. a charitable or helpful person (with reference to Luke 10:33): "suddenly, miraculously, a Good Samaritan leaned over and handed the cashier a dollar bill on my behalf"
   • 2. a member of a people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times, or of the modern community claiming descent from them, adhering to a form of Judaism accepting only its own ancient version of the Pentateuch as Scripture.
   • 3. the dialect of Aramaic formerly spoken in Samaria.
   • 4. (in the UK) an organization which counsels the suicidal and others in distress, mainly through a telephone service: "I began volunteer work for the Samaritans"

   adjective

   • 1. relating to Samaria or the Samaritans: "Jesus's words to the Samaritan woman"

   Word Origin from late Latin Samaritanus, from Greek Samareitēs, from Samareia ‘Samaria’. The New Testament parable of the Good Samaritan reflects a proverbial hostility between Jews and Samaritans.

   Derivatives

   • 1. Samaritanism noun

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