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- DictionarySamaritan/səˈmarɪt(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a charitable or helpful person (with reference to Luke 10:33): "suddenly, miraculously, a Good Samaritan leaned over and handed the cashier a dollar bill on my behalf"
- 2. a member of a people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times, or of the modern community claiming descent from them, adhering to a form of Judaism accepting only its own ancient version of the Pentateuch as Scripture.
adjective
- 1. relating to Samaria or the Samaritans: "Jesus's words to the Samaritan woman"
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