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noun

Tammuz, Thammuz n.

A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis.

The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.

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"Tammuz" Quotes from Famous Books

... And his fate is the portent of portents to you now! Stay awhile, till you have gone with Ezekiel into the inner chambers of the devil's temple, and you will see worse things than these—women weeping for Thammuz; bemoaning the decay of an idolatry which they themselves disbelieve—That, too, is on the list ...

— Hypatia - or, New Foes with an Old Face • Charles Kingsley

Words linked to "Tammuz" : Fast of Tammuz, Dumuzi, Jewish calendar, Jewish calendar month, Thammuz, Semitic deity, Hebrew calendar