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Jebusite|ˈdʒɛbjʊzaɪt|
Name of a tribe of Canaanites, dispossessed of Jerusalem by David. In 17th c., a nickname for Roman Catholics, esp. Jesuits.
1535Coverdale Judg. i. 21 Ye Iebusites [Wyclif Iebuse, Iebusei] dwelt amonge the children of Ben Iamin at Ierusalem vnto this daye. 1583Fulke Defence (1843) 568 Your Jebusites, that must be called ‘fathers’. 1604Supplic. Masse-Priests C viij, Henry Sammier a Iebusite disguised in the habit of a souldier. 1681Dryden Abs. & Achit. 213 And proves the King himself a Jebusite.
Hence Jebusite v., Jebuˈsitic, -ˈitical, -itish a.
1608A. Willet Hexapla Exod. 62 The desperate plot..Iebusited by that wicked seede and seminarie of Satan. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 18 Ignatius and his Colony of Iesuites..that Iebusiticall societie. 16..Sempill Pick Tooth for Pope in Harp Renfrewshire Ser. ii. (1873) 8 Your Jebusitish Jesuits. 1681Dryden Abs. & Achit. 663 And suited to the temper of the times, Then groaning under Jebusitick crimes. 1898E. S. Wallace Jerusalem i. 20 The Jebusitic occupation was of later date. |