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Meaning of HELLENISTIC

Pronunciation:  `helu'nistik

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization
 

HELLENISTIC is a 11 letter word that starts with H.

 

 Synonyms: Hellenic, Hellenistical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hel`le*nis"tic\, Hellenistical \Hel`le*nis"tic*al\,
a. [Cf. F. Hell['e]nistique.]
Pertaining to the Hellenists.

{Hellenistic} {language, dialect, or idiom}, the Greek spoken
   or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek
   language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of
   the Septuagint.

 

 

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