- jealousy
- noun (plural -sies) Date: 13th century 1. a jealous disposition, attitude, or feeling 2. zealous vigilance
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jealousy — index resentment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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jealousy — [jel′əs ē] n. [ME jalousie < OFr gelosie < gelos: see JEALOUS] 1. the quality or condition of being jealous 2. pl. jealousies an instance of this; jealous feeling … English World dictionary
JEALOUSY — Appearing some 80 times in the Bible, the root kna (qnʾ; קנא) in its various derivatives is, in the standard translations of the Bible, most often related to the notion of jealousy (or zeal ). More generally, it connotes any kind of emotional… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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