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单词 maimonidean
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Maimonideanadj.n.

Brit. /mʌɪˌmɒnᵻˈdiːən/, U.S. /maɪˈˌmɑnəˈˌdiən/
Forms: 1800s– Maimonidean, 1800s– Maimonidian.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Maimonides , -an suffix.
Etymology: < Maimonides, Latinized form of the name of Rabbi Moses ben Maimon , Spanish-born Jewish philosopher, theologian, jurist, and physician (1135–1204) + -an suffix: see -ean suffix, -ian suffix. Maimon is a Hebraicized form of Arabic Maymūn , lit. ‘lucky, blessed’. The terminal element in Maimonides is -ides ( < ancient Greek -ίδης : see -id suffix3), patronymic suffix rendering Hebrew ben son of. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation (under the form Maimonidian) as (məimoni·diăn) /maɪmoˈnɪdiən/.
A. adj.
Of or relating to Moses ben Maimon or his teaching, used especially with reference to his belief in the power of reason and the possibility of synthesis between biblical religion and Aristotelian philosophy.
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Maimonidean1820
1820 S. T. Coleridge Let. 4 Jan. (1971) V. 2 The 13 Articles of your (Maimonidean) Creed.
1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 273 The..spiritualistic Maimonidian and the ‘literal Talmudistic’ schools.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 283/2 The Maimonidean controversy.
1967 C. Potok Chosen i. iii. 73 The Maimonidean legal decisions of the Talmudic disputations.
1991 A. M. Dershowitz Chutzpah vi. 182 Though many Jews do not necessarily believe in every aspect of Maimonidean Jewish theology.
B. n.
An adherent or student of Maimonides or his teaching.
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Maimonist1881
Maimonidean1883
1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1388/1 Judaism was soon divided into the Maimonidians and anti-Maimonidians.
1994 T. Zahavy in M. Groden & M. Kreiswirth Johns Hopkins Guide to Lit. Theory 84 Some Maimonideans saw philosophy as inimical to the process of midrash.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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