Definition of vassal. 1 : a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant.
lecternnoun [ C ] uk â /Ëlek.tÉn/ us â /Ëlek.tÉËn/. âº a piece of furniture with a sloping part on which a book or paper is put to be read from. (Definition of âlecternâ from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press)
Leprosy is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. In addition to pain and disfiguration, biblical leprosy and Hansenâs disease are both dreaded, and people were shunned because of them. The noun tsaraâath appears about two dozen times in the Hebrew text.he term âleprosyâ (including leper, lepers, leprosy, leprous) occurs 68 times in the Bibleâ55 times in the Old Testament (Hebrew = tsaraâath) and 13 times in the New Testament (Greek = lepros, lepra).