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zohar
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zohar, n. [Heb. z candor, splendor.].
A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century. Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]
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