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Samaritanism|səˈmærɪtənɪz(ə)m|
[f. Samaritan + -ism.]
1. The religious system of the Samaritans. In the 17th c. often transf.
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 474 All these consented to the generall Samaritanisme, of receiving Moses his Law. 1683L. Milbourne (title) Samaritanism Reviv'd. 1693Consid. Explic. Trinity by Dr. Wallis, etc. 32 What the Mystical Divines teach, cannot be called an Explication; they deny all Explications: we must say therefore 'tis Samaritanism; for what our Saviour says of the Samaritans, by way of Reproof and Blame, that these Gentlemen profess concerning themselves, that they worship they know not what. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 244/1 Before that time Samaritanism cannot have existed in a form at all similar to that which we know. 1973Sci. Amer. Jan. 80/1 Of all the multifarious forms of Jewish religious expression that arose, only two have survived and flourish today... A marginal survivor is Samaritanism, maintained by a tiny group of Samaritans..who continue to worship on their holy Mount Gerizim.
2. An idiom or form of expression belonging to the Samaritan dialect of Aramaic.
1889Harper's Mag. Sept. 582/1 Insertions of foreign passages, alterations, Samaritanisms, and changes in support of Samaritan doctrine.
3. Imitation of the ‘good Samaritan’.
1843Syd. Smith in Lady Holland Mem. (1855) II. 522 Mankind are getting mad with humanity and Samaritanism. 1863‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage (1870) 348 A shrew's vituperations rewarded him for his Samaritanism. |