Samaritan meaning

Definition of Samaritan

1. a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times

   Type of: Israelite

Samaritan in a sentence

• Most people have never met a Jew, let alone a Samaritan.
• Samaritans and Jews did not get along in ancient times.
• About half of all Samaritans live close to Mount Gerizim.
• The Samaritan alphabet is directly descended from the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet.
• Samaritans are not Jewish, but they are Israelites.

How to pronounce Samaritan

Samaritan is pronounced /səˈmɛrɪtən/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.