Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A precious stone of ancient Israel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Some precious stone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of precious stone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
gemstone , supposed to have been a form ofagate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
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And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
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And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
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And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
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And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
Exodus 28. 1999
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And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
Exodus 39. 1999
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"What about the precious jewel in the saint's ear -- the oriental amethyst, the ninth jewel in the high priest's breast-plate, as mentioned in Exodus, 'and the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst'?"
There was a King in Egypt Norma Lorimer 1906
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"Bibliografia: Sul terremoto ligure del 23 febbraio 1887."
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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It has been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Heb. leshem) mentioned in Ex. 28: 19 as the first stone of the third row in the high priest's breast-plate.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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"Yes; but what is the ligure or ligurite?" asked Durtal.
The Cathedral 1877
vanishedone commented on the word ligure
'Some precious stone' is the OED's terse definition.
August 29, 2008