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hellenistic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective hellenistic has 1 sense

hellenistic(a = adj.pert) hellenic, hellenistical - relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization; Array

Derived form noun hellenism₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hellenistic, a. [Cf. F. Hellénistique.].

Pertaining to the Hellenists. [1913 Webster]

Hellenistic language, Hellenistic dialect, or Hellenistic idiom, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

hellenistic, adj. of or relating to Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great to the time of Augustus (4th-1st c. BC).

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