Abraham's barm
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English Abrahames barme, Habrahammes barm.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- (Christianity, obsolete) Synonym of Abraham's bosom [First attested prior to 1150.][1]
References
[edit]- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abraham's barm”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.