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- noun Plural form of
xeraphim .
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Examples
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Another Armenian ship, with fifty thousand xeraphims, was taken near Bombay, on its voyage from Goa to Surat.
The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago 1880
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Out of her first husband's estate one thousand rupees were granted her for present necessities, with an allowance of one hundred xeraphims a month.
The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago 1880
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Four private ships from Mahim, valued at 30,000 xeraphims, were also captured by him, and his ships trading to Bombay refused to pay harbour dues.
The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago 1880
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"Those who are captured shall be whipped and put in the galleys for five years, and, if of noble birth, they shall pay the sum of one thousand xeraphims in lieu of working in the galleys, and shall be transported for five years to the fortress of Diu." [
The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago 1880
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