Samaritanismn.
/səˈmarɪtənɪz(ə)m/ 1. The religious system of the Samaritans. In the 17th cent. often transferred.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Samaritanism > [noun]
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > Samaritanism > [noun]
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a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 474 All these consented to the generall Samaritanisme, of receiving Moses his Law.
1683 L. Milbourne (title) Samaritanism Reviv'd.
1693 Consid. 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.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 244/1 Before that time Samaritanism cannot have existed in a form at all similar to that which we know.
1973 Sci. 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.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Semitic > Aramaic > word or idiom characteristic of
Chaldaeism1684
Chaldaism1812
Aramaism1849
Samaritanism1889
Aramaicism1898
1889 Harper's Mag. Sept. 582/1 Insertions of foreign passages, alterations, Samaritanisms, and changes in support of Samaritan doctrine.
3. Imitation of the ‘good Samaritan’.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun]
philanthropia1608
philanthropy1623
philanthropism1835
humanism1836
Samaritanism1843
humanitarianism1850
humanitas1944
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun]
goodshipOE
goodnessOE
well-willingnessOE
goodlaikc1175
charity?c1225
courtesy1297
kindnessc1300
meeknessc1300
kindheada1325
benignityc1374
benevolencec1384
kindshipa1393
betternessa1400
homeliness1402
goodliness1405
courteousnessc1430
kindliness1440
kindlaikc1450
beneficialness1528
beneficence1531
benevolency1545
beneficency1576
kindheartedness1583
benefiting1594
candidness1643
benefacture1651
geniality1652
candour1653
hearta1656
obliging1676
benevolentness1736
affectionateness1751
warm-heartedness1808
Samaritanism1843
sweet-heartedness1865
benignancy1876
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > the doing of good deeds
good-doing1499
Samaritanism1843
1843 Syd. Smith in Lady Holland Mem. (1855) II. 522 Mankind are getting mad with humanity and Samaritanism.
1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage III. ii. 32 A shrew's vituperations rewarded him for his Samaritanism.
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