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Mordecai
[ mawr-di-kahy, mawr-di-key-ahy ]
noun
- (in the Bible) the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman.
- a male given name.
Mordecai
1/ ˌmɔːdəˈkaɪ; ˈmɔːdəˌkaɪ /
noun
- Old Testament the cousin of Esther who averted a massacre of the Jews (Esther 2–9)
Mordecai
2/ ˈmɔːdəˌkaɪ; ˌmɔːdəˈkaɪ /
noun
- Old Testament MordecaiMJewishMISC: cousin of Esther the cousin of Esther who averted a massacre of the Jews (Esther 2–9)
Example Sentences
“The gross factor definitely caught people’s attention,” Mordecai said.
Mordecai said the lawsuit stemmed from a 2018 blockage in which divers had to swim down 90 feet through raw sewage into a dark wet well to pull a 12-foot-long mass of wipes from three pumps.
Both initiatives were successful—“the fear of Mordecai fell upon them,” while the “Jews gathered themselves” for defense.
Mordecai, a court player with an ear for intel (and a way to convey it to power), achieves some of that power.
Esther and Mordecai confront a hostile host society and an implacable bureaucracy.
Beside a statue of Mordecai Anielewicz, the hero of the Warsaw uprising, dripped a crude cartoon of an Auschwitz-bound train.
The seller's name was Mordecai, and the buyer of "the sole use of Simon forever," was a Mr. Lazarus.
Mordecai, in this appeal, shines as a "wise reprover;" and it was "upon an obedient ear."
Mordecai sent another message to Esther, at once spirited, pointed, and effectual.
You may tell the minister, or the world, that you had it from Mordecai.
Haman and followers pass out front where Mordecai sits by the gate, together with others.
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