English Explanatory Dictionary

Gershonite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times, supposed to have had the care of the curtains, hangings, and ropes of the sanctuary.

Word forms

Gershonite Gershonites

Etymology

From Gershon + -ite.

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