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noun
Certain sacred objects (whose precise form and nature is unknown) that were worn on the breastplate of the Jewish high priest, as described in the Bible, and used in divination or casting lots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Instruments by which divine revelation can be understood; often specifically the tools that Joseph Smith, Jr. said he had found on the hill Cumorah and used to interpret the golden plates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Mormonism, plural, plural-only
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noun
lots thrown to determine God's answers to yes-no questions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: answer
History
From Biblical Hebrew אוּרִים (ʾûrîm) and תומים / תֻּמִּים (tummîm). Traditionally the Hebrew has been understood, and sometimes translated, as “Light and Truth” owing to the similarity to אוֹרִים (ʾôrîm, “lights”) and תָּמִים (tāmîm, “complete, morally upright, in accordance with truth”), an interpretation that has contributed to the terms’ association with clairvoyance. There is no consensus on the validity of this reading in the original biblical context, particularly for Thummim.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
