Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unleavened; unfermented: as, sea-biscuit is azymous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Unleavened; unfermented.
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- adjective
unleavened ,unfermented .
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Examples
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If the writers of the letter had been familiar with the Septuagint, they would have recalled the artous azymous of Ex., xxix, 2.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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History does not establish conclusively what the practice of the Apostles and their successors was, but it may be asserted with some probability that they made use of whatever bread was at hand, whether azymous or fermented.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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