See also: åbnet

English edit

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Etymology edit

From Hebrew אבנט (avnet, girdle, belt).

Pronunciation edit

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.nət/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æbnət

Noun edit

abnet (plural abnets)

  1. The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer. [First attested in the early 18th century.][1]

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References edit

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnet”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

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