TAMMUZ
Dumuzi, Tammuz
(noun) Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna
Tammuz, Thammuz
(noun) the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Tham"muz, Tam"muz, n. Etym: [Heb. thammuz.]
1. A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis. Milton.
2. The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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