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Abomination (from Latin abominare 'to deprecate as an ill omen') is an English term used to translate the Biblical Hebrew terms shiqquts שיקוץ and sheqets שקץ , [1] which are derived from shâqats, or the terms תֹּועֵבָה , tōʻēḇā or to'e'va (noun) or 'ta'ev (verb).
An abomination offends God (i.e., it is a sin) because it is offensive on religious grounds. [1] The translation of the Hebrew word for abomination is actually the translation of three different levels or kinds of abominations in terms of severity: toebah , sheḳeẓ , and piggul . [ 1 ]
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"Abomination of desolation" [a] is a phrase from the Book of Daniel describing the pagan sacrifices with which the 2nd century BC Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes replaced the twice-daily offering in the Jewish temple, or alternatively the altar on which such offerings were made.
Let him not marry the daughter of an unlearned and unobservant man, for they are an abomination and their wives a creeping thing. Several dictionaries define shiksa as a disparaging and offensive term applied to a non-Jewish girl or woman.
Umma – "One of the brotherhood of prophets; a term of scorn in the Imperium, meaning any 'wild' person given to fanatical prediction." [4] Usul – Fremen word, meaning "The strength at the base of the pillar." [4] This is the secret "sietch name" (known only to his tribe) given to Paul Atreides upon his joining the Fremen.
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The Tariff of 1828 was a very high protective tariff that became law in the United States on May 19, 1828. It was a bill designed to fail in Congress because it was seen by free trade supporters as hurting both industry and farming, but it passed anyway.