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Aramaic

noun Ar·a·ma·ic \-ˈmā-ik\

Definition of ARAMAIC

:  a Semitic language known since the ninth century b.c. as the speech of the Aramaeans and later used extensively in southwest Asia as a commercial and governmental language and adopted as their customary speech by various non-Aramaean peoples including the Jews after the Babylonian exile
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First Known Use of ARAMAIC

1813

Rhymes with ARAMAIC

algebraic, Cyrenaic, formulaic, pharisaic, Ptolemaic

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5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Aramaic
  2. Aramaic alphabet
  3. Syro-Aramaic
  4. West Aramaic
  5. Western Aramaic
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