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Preferred term

Whore of Babylon  

Definition

  • Revelation 17:3-6; a woman clothed in purple and scarlet, mounted on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns; she holds a gold cup full of obscenities [Hall]

Synonym(s)

  • Babylon, Whore of

Notation

  • 113532

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-C9P2JTC3-C

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