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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_141890" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_141890" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day. </p> <p> (2): (n.) Murder. </p> <p> (3): (n.) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; - limited to the killing of human beings. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Murder. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; - limited to the killing of human beings. </p> | ||
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20145" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20145" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 10:15, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day.
(2): ( n.) Murder.
(3): ( n.) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; - limited to the killing of human beings.
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]
A term used to signify the sudden and promiscuous butchery of a multitude.
See PERSECUTION.
