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[ mawr-di-kahy, mawr-di-key-ahy ] / ˈmɔr dɪˌkaɪ, ˌmɔr dɪˈkeɪ aɪ /
nounthe cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8. a male given name. Words nearby Mordecaimorcha, mordacious, mordancy, mordant, mordant rouge, Mordecai, mordent, mor. dict., mordida, Mordovian Autonomous Republic, Mordred Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for MordecaiMordecai, a court player with an ear for intel (and a way to convey it to power), achieves some of that power. Purim Perils: His View Is His Own|Rabbi Daniel Landes|February 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST Esther and Mordecai confront a hostile host society and an implacable bureaucracy. Purim Perils: His View Is His Own|Rabbi Daniel Landes|February 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST Beside a statue of Mordecai Anielewicz, the hero of the Warsaw uprising, dripped a crude cartoon of an Auschwitz-bound train. Ultra-Orthodox Jews Vandalize Jerusalem’s Holocaust Memorial|Alex Klein|June 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST But Mordecai is not a fatalist whose creed paralyses his energies. Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther|Walter Adeney
Make a hard bargain with Mordecai, and ten to one but you are caught in his trap. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843|Various Mordecai was one of those who sat in the hall of the Temple, and he knew seventy languages. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala|Various Mordecai is an unruly specimen, and then there is Simeon, who never fails to have an answer ready. The American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 6, June, 1889|Various Mordecai still shambles around and worships Mrs. Harrington. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904|Lucy Maud Montgomery
British Dictionary definitions for Mordecai (1 of 2)/ (ˌmɔːdəˈkaɪ, ˈmɔːdəˌkaɪ) /
nounOld Testament the cousin of Esther who averted a massacre of the Jews (Esther 2–9) British Dictionary definitions for Mordecai (2 of 2)/ (ˌmɔːdəˈkaɪ, ˈmɔːdəˌkaɪ) /
nounOld Testament the cousin of Esther who averted a massacre of the Jews (Esther 2–9) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |