Ruth

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Other forms: Ruths

Definitions of Ruth
  1. noun
    the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
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    married woman, wife
    a married woman; a partner in marriage
  2. noun
    a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died
    synonyms: Book of Ruth
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    book
    a major division of a long written composition
  3. noun
    United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
    synonyms: Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat
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    ballplayer, baseball player
    an athlete who plays baseball
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"The New England Primer"

A Puritan child learned how to read by chanting alphabet rhymes based on the Bible. Here are 24 words selected from the primer that did not include the letters "I" and "U." Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: The Crucible, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, The New England Primer, The Trial of Martha Carrier, The Lessons of Salem, The Very Proper Gander, Declaration of Conscience, Why I Wrote The Crucible, Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, Speech to the Virginia Convention, The Gettysburg Address, FDR's First Inaugural Address , JFK's Inaugural Address

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