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Webster 1913 Edition


Cretism

Cre′tism

(krē′tĭz’m)
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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] lying, fr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to act like a Cretan, that is, to lie. “The Cretians are always liars.”
Titus i. 12.
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A Cretan practice; lying; a falsehood.