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Janus-faced   /dʒˈeɪnəs-feɪst/   Listen
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Janus-faced  adj.  Double-faced; deceitful.
Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently.





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... Janus-faced historian, the heroes of the Talmud stand enveloped in glory. We meet with men like Hillel and Shammai, Jochanan ben Zakkai, Gamaliel, Joshua ben Chananya, the famous Akiba, and later on Yehuda the Prince, friend of the imperial philosopher Marcus Aurelius, ...
— Jewish Literature and Other Essays • Gustav Karpeles


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