- bloodguilt
- noun Date: 1533 guilt resulting from bloodshed • bloodguiltiness noun • bloodguilty adjective
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BLOODGUILT — BLOODGUILT, liability for punishment for shedding blood. The biblical concept of bloodguilt derives from the belief that deeds generate consequences and that sin, in particular, is a danger to the sinner. The most vivid examples of this belief… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
bloodguilt — or bloodguiltiness [blud′gilt΄] n. the state or fact of being guilty of murder or bloodshed * * * blood·guilt (blŭdʹgĭlt ) n. The fact or state of being guilty of murder or bloodshed. * * * … Universalium
bloodguilt — or bloodguiltiness [blud′gilt΄] n. the state or fact of being guilty of murder or bloodshed … English World dictionary
Bloodguilt — Infobox Film name = Bloodguilt writer = Yaky Yosha starring = Amos Lavie Yael Hadar Avital Dicker director = Yaky Yosha producer = Dorit Yosha movie music = distributor = Yaky Yosha Ltd. released = 1996 (Israel) runtime = 85 minutes language =… … Wikipedia
bloodguilt — noun guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood … Wiktionary
bloodguilt — n. condition of being guilty of murder; fact of being guilty of bloodshed … English contemporary dictionary
bloodguilt — noun the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder • Derivationally related forms: ↑bloodguilty • Hypernyms: ↑guilt, ↑guiltiness … Useful english dictionary
bloodguilty — bloodguilt, bloodguiltiness, n. /blud gil tee/, adj. guilty of murder or bloodshed. [1590 1600; BLOOD(SHED) + GUILTY] * * * … Universalium
You shall not murder — The Sixth Commandment, as translated by the Book of Common Prayer (1549). The image is from the altar screen of the Temple Church near the Law Courts in London. You shall not murder or You shall not kill, KJV Thou shalt not kill (LXX οὐ φονεύσεις … Wikipedia
Ten Commandments — For other uses, see Ten Commandments (disambiguation). This 1768 … Wikipedia
