Meaning of Zillah | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name from Hebrew.
2. A district or local division, as of a province, in India.
3. The wife of Lamech.

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Examples

“ON the fifth morning, or rather afternoon, a different step approached - lighter and shorter; and, this time, the person entered the room. It was Zillah; donned in her scarlet shawl, with a black silk bonnet on her head, and a willow-basket swung to her arm.”

“And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name⟳ of the one was Adah, and the name⟳ of the other Zillah.”

“And it is hereby enacted, that in any zillah, in which the Governor in Council of Fort St. George deems it expedient to establish⟳ the zillah court, and the court or courts under subordinate judges or principal sudder ameens, at separate⟳ stations, it shall be competent to the said Governor in Council, by an Order⟳ in Council, to authorize the session judge⟳ to take⟳ cognizance of all criminal cases subject ordinarily to the jurisdiction of the subordinate courts, […]”

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