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Shulamite

[ shoo-luh-mahyt ]

noun

  1. an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the biblical book of Song of Solomon.


Shulamite

/ ˈʃuːləˌmaɪt /

noun

  1. Old Testament an epithet of uncertain meaning applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Alice and Claude Askew's South African Novel, "The Shulamite," is one of the most popular of successful novels.

The true Solomon is Christ, and the Church is his beautiful Shulamite.

To me you are Hephzibah—yes, and the Shulamite.

Margarete's presence is signaled, like a motif in music, by long wisps of golden straw, while Shulamite's emblem is charred substance and black shadow.

Jackie Chandler New York City Ann Kelly Manlius, N. Y. The new standard for beauty goes back at least to the Shulamite maiden in Song of Solomon, and has included peasant and farm girls in every age.

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