Sinaic

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Etymology 1

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From Sinai-ic, q.v.

Adjective

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Sinaic (comparative more Sinaic, superlative most Sinaic)

  1. Synonym of Sinaitic, of or related to Mount Sinai, Egypt. [1769]
    Sinaic law... Sinaic covenant... Sinaic code...

Etymology 2

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From Sinae-ic, q.v., under influence of Judaic, Altaic, etc. and French sinique.

Adjective

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Sinaic (comparative more Sinaic, superlative most Sinaic)

  1. (rare, obsolete) Synonym of East Asian, with especial focus on Chinese people and culture: of or related to the Sinosphere. [1872]
    • 1872, Guillaume Louis Figuier, The Human Race, page 205:
      We will separate [the 'Yellow Race'] into three branches—the Hyperborean, the Mongolian, and the Sinaic branches.
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