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Canaanitic
/ ˌkeɪnəˈnɪtɪk /
noun
- a group of ancient languages belonging to the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family and including Canaanite, Phoenician, Ugaritic, and Hebrew
adjective
- denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages
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This aspect of the myth is almost exclusively developed in the religions of most Canaanitic and Semitic nations of the East, where we shall meet with it often and often.
From Project Gutenberg
Among these stand foremost all such as refer to the treatment of, and relations with, the Canaanitic families.
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This migration is termed the Canaanitic or Amorite: it flowed into Mesopotamia and across Assyria, while it supplied the "driving power" which secured the ascendancy of the Hammurabi Dynasty at Babylon.
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Indeed, the ruling family which came into prominence there is believed to have been of Canaanitic origin.
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