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Zaʹdoc

,

in Dryden’s satire of Absalom and Achitophel, is designed for Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury.

“Zadoc the priest, whom (shunning power and place),

His lowly mind advanced to David’s [Charles II.] grace.”


Part i. lines 801–2.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Zabian
Zacocia
Zadkiel
Zadoc
Zakarija ibn Muhammed
Zakkum
Zal
Zanēs
Zanoni
Zany
Zanny
Zel
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