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Abdael (2 syl.)

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George Monk, third Duke of Albemarle.

Brave Abdael oʹer the prophetsʹ school was placed:

Abdael, with all his father’s virtues graced …

Without one Hebrew’s blood, restored the crown.”


Dryden and Tait: Absalom and Achitophel, Part ii.

⁂ Tate’s blunder for Abdiel (q.v.).

 

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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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Abatement
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Abbassides
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Abbot of Misrule
Abbotsford
Abd
Abdael
Abdallah
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Abdera
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Abderitan Laughter
Abderite
Abderus
Abdiel
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