SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY
\sˈabaθ dˈe͡ɪz d͡ʒˈɜːnɪ], \sˈabaθ dˈeɪz dʒˈɜːnɪ], \s_ˈa_b_a_θ d_ˈeɪ_z dʒ_ˈɜː_n_ɪ]\
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Acts i. 12; 2000 cubits, or about six furlongs, from the wall of Jerusalem ; in compliance, according to Jewish doctors, with the injunction of Exod. xvi. 29, "Let no man go out of his place on the seventh day" (to gather manna); taken in connexion with the definition of "suburbs," or pasturegrounds, in Numb. xxxv. 5.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
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