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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
Euphrates river .
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It was all new—the brilliant pugnacity, the Euphratean word stream, the memory for stirring bits of verse.
Human Smoke Nicholson Baker 2008
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_ 300 B.C., the changes introduced after the adjustment to the new conditions produced by Khammurabi's union of the Euphratean states are of a minor character.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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About this time Chosroes II., king of Persia, wrested from the empire the fortified cities that guarded the Euphratean frontier, and overran all
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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Euphratean states was effected by Khammurabi, marks the beginning of a new epoch in the religion as well as in the political history of the Euphrates valley.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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And since the astral worship anathematized by the prophets of Israel was unquestionably of Euphratean origin, the designation of Mazzaroth as the third member of the Babylonian triad is a valuable link in the evidence.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The Euphratean city -- Babylon -- the proud metropolis of the Chaldean monarchy, combined in itself the corruptions and wickedness of the world and then filled up the measure of its sins by destroying the temple in Jerusalem and leading into captivity the chosen people of God.
The Last Reformation 1913
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To the first of these, the whole of Palestine, Syria, North-west Arabia, west-Euphratean Mesopotamia, and Asia Minor were subject; while to the latter belonged east-Euphratean Mesopotamia, North-east Arabia,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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They saw these judgments of the Euphratean horsemen on the Eastern empire, and the triumph of the Moslem sword and faith (the woe fell as a judgment upon the Eastern church); still, they continued as before in their abominable idolatries, by which is probably meant their worship of the virgin Mary, saints, relics, and images.
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Long before the Exodus the Twelve Signs were established in Euphratean regions much as we know them now.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The Euphratean constellation Draco is of hoary antiquity, and would quite probably have been familiar to Job.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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