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 Zad’kiel (3 syl.).Zakari’ja ibn Muhammed, 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Za’doc,
 
in Dryden’s satire of Absalom and Achitophel, is designed for Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury.   1
       
“Zadoc the priest, whom (shunning power and place),
His lowly mind advanced to David’s [Charles II.] grace.”
       
Part i. lines 801–2.
 


 Zad’kiel (3 syl.).Zakari’ja ibn Muhammed, 

 
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