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 Mara’buts.Maravedi (4 syl.) 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Marana’tha (Syriac, the Lord will come—i.e. to execute judgment).
 
A form of anathematising among the Jews. The Romans called a curse or imprecation a devotion—i.e. given up to some one of the gods.   1
 


 Mara’buts.Maravedi (4 syl.) 

 
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