seventy

Definitions

1. The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70
2. The translators of the Septuagint

Equivalents

Examples

“The Seventy have⟳ totally miſrepreſented Iſaiah viii.14, 15 […].”

“It was impossible to avoid⟳ pagan terminology altogether, however, and the Seventy relaxed their vigilance when dealing with poetry.”

“Jerome could accommodate himself to the ecclesiastical consensus, but he expresses clearly and trenchantly his critical opinion that the Seventy were not inspired […].”

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