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Definition of: Samaria
(sə·mâr′ē·ə)
1. In the Bible, a city of Palestine, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, or the hill on which it was built, on the site of modern Sebastye in western Jordan.
2. In the Bible, the territory occupied by the kingdom of Israel, or, later, a restricted portion of central Palestine west of the Jordan occupied by the Samaritans.
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