Himyarite
/ˈhɪmjərʌɪt
/noun
A member of an ancient people of the SW part of the Arabian peninsula, who ruled much of southern Arabia before the 6th century ad.In Arabia, whole tribes converted to Judaism, including two kinds of the Himyarites....
- The Himyarites had by this time formed an alliance with the Persians and defeated the Ethiopian invaders.
- The monuments of these Himyarites were inscribed with an obsolete and mysterious alphabet.
adjective
Relating to the Himyarites.Yet the kingdom was not Jewish, and its monotheism was but an expression of Himyarite independence....
- The town leaders climbed down the well next to where the Himyarite castle used to be in the walled city.
- A number of ancient empires, including the Minaean, Sabaean, and Himyarite, flourished in southern Yemen.
Origin
From the name Himyar (the name of a traditional king of Yemen) + -ite1.