jewess

Noun
  1. A woman who is a Jew (synset 109701369)
    is a type of: hebrew, israelite, jew - a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
    specific instances:
    • lot's wife - (Old Testament) when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back; Lot's wife was disobedient and was immediately changed into a pillar of salt
    • esther - (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
    • jezebel - wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC)
    • blessed virgin, madonna, mary, the virgin, virgin mary - the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

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