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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_159461" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_159461" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (a.) [[Beloved]] or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration. </p> <p> (2): (a.) [[Devoted]] to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. </p> <p> (3): (a.) Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. </p> <p> (4): (a.) Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. </p> <p> (5): (a.) Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements. </p> <p> (6): (a.) Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) [[Beloved]] or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' a.) [[Devoted]] to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' a.) Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' a.) Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' a.) Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16907" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16907" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> Genesis 30:37; Hosea 4:13 , probably the white poplar, so called from the whiteness of the under side of the leaves. It is a beautiful and shady tree, common in [[Palestine]] and its vicinity. According to some, however, the storax-tree is intended. </p> | ||
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