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Semetic
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Decendents of Shem
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Molech
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a deity in the Old Testament, especially the pagan god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom child sacrifices were offered
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Astarte
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Canaanite godess;chief godess of
the Phoenician city-state of Tyre |
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Baal
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Canaanite,Phoenician and Mesopotamian god associated with storms
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reciprocal
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involving an exchange, as of feelings, actions, or things, between two parties; mutual
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aristocracy
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a high-ranking social class, having special privileges and influence and usu. determined by heredity
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Tyrian purple
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a natural purple dye formerly obtained from certain snails and shellfish and now made synthetically
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influence
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the intangible action of one thing or person on another, which creates an effect on the other
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assimilate
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to absorb and incorporate (knowledge, experience, or the like)
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amend
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to make better; improve
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outpost
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an outlying military post, or the troops stationed there
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commerce
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the exchange of goods or services for money
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