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Definition of: shibboleth
(shib′ə·leth) noun
A test word or pet phrase of a party; a watchword: from the Hebrew word shibboleth, given by Jephthah (Judges xii 4–6) as a test to distinguish his own men from the Ephraimites, who used the pronunciation sibboleth. [<Hebrew shibbōleth ear of corn]
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