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NEBUCHADNEZZAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nebuchadnezzar" is a kind of...):
wine bottle (a bottle for holding wine)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)
Synonyms:
Nebuchadnezzar; Nebuchadnezzar II; Nebuchadrezzar; Nebuchadrezzar II
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)
Domain category:
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
