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111calumnia — A false charge; a calumny; a claim; a demand …
112challenge — [13] The original notion contained in challenge in English was of ‘accusation’. The word comes, via Old French chalenge or calenge, from Latin calumnia ‘false charge, deception’ (source of English calumny [15]). By the early 14th century, the… …
113frame — n. & v. n. 1 a case or border enclosing a picture, window, door, etc. 2 the basic rigid supporting structure of anything, e.g. of a building, motor vehicle, or aircraft. 3 (in pl.) the structure of spectacles holding the lenses. 4 a human or… …
114frame-up — noun an act that incriminates someone on a false charge • Syn: ↑setup • Derivationally related forms: ↑set up (for: ↑setup) • Hypernyms: ↑falsification, ↑falsehood …
115setup — noun 1. equipment designed to serve a specific function (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑apparatus • Hypernyms: ↑equipment • Hyponyms: ↑aerator, ↑burner, ↑ …
116BEN SIRA, SIMEON BEN JESUS — (second century B.C.E.), Hebrew aphorist, sage, and scribe, the author of wisdom of ben sira (Ecclesiasticus). Ben Sira was a younger contemporary of the high priest Simeon (50:1ff.), apparently Simeon the Just, who according to the Talmud and… …
117BULGARIA — BULGARIA, East Balkan republic located along the Black Sea. Ancient Period A Jewish settlement is known to have existed in Macedonia in the time of Caligula (37–41 C.E.; Philo, Embassy to Gaius, par. 281). A late second century Latin inscription… …
118FISHEL — (Fischel), wealthy family prominent in Jewish societyin cracow Kazimierz, Poland, at the close of the 15th and first half of the 16th century; named after EPHRAIM FISHEL with whom the family arrived in Cracow from Bohemia. He and his four sons… …
119HAI BEN SHERIRA — (939–1038), gaon of Pumbedita and molder of the halakhah and the most prominent figure of his time. Of his youth nothing is known. From 986 he was the avbet din in the academy of pumbedita , acting as the deputy to his father Sherira gaon; in… …
120HYRCANUS II — (c. 103–30 B.C.E.), elder son of alexander yannai and salome alexandra . Since John Hyrcanus II was born soon after his father s accession to the throne (103 B.C.E.), he was 72 years old at the time of his death and not, unless the traditional… …
