Zacharias

noun

Zach·​a·​ri·​as ˌza-kə-ˈrī-əs How to pronounce Zacharias (audio)

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The University of Potsdam has long been home to two rabbinical schools, the liberal/Reform seminary Abraham Geiger College and its Masorti/Conservative sibling, Zacharias Frankel College, founded in 1999 and 2013 respectively by Rabbi Walter Homolka. Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2024 The driver was cited with criminal trespass and some traffic offenses and released, Lt. Zacharias said, estimating the student’s age to be 18-20. Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024 The messy and complicated reality that results from living such an ideal gives the movie, written by Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, its power. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023 At the beginning of the film—co-written by Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias and set in Paris and the French countryside—the threesome meets at a wrap party for Tomas’s (Rogowski) latest directorial effort, a moody, European period piece. Elaina Patton, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2023 For the past 16 years, Karlovy Vary trailers, usually directed by Ivan Zacharias, have parodied fest winners from Helen Mirren and Danny DeVito to Jude Law and Milos Forman, invariably with a Crystal Globe fest prize appearing somewhere in the story. Will Tizard, Variety, 30 June 2023

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, from Greek, from Hebrew Zĕkharyāh

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Zacharias was before the 12th century

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“Zacharias.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Zacharias. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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Zacharias

noun
Zach·​a·​ri·​as ˌzak-ə-ˈrī-əs How to pronounce Zacharias (audio)

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