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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1629
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Thummim, n. [e.m.E. thumim (1539), thummim (1616), Hebrew tummiēn completeness, integrity. Only in collocation with Hebrew Urim (= light) [Vulgate doctrina et veritas, Wyc. doctryne [var. techyng] and trewthe, Coverdale perfectness … and lighte] the will of Jehovah encapsulated in certain objects worn by the Jewish high-priest.] fig. A direction or criterion. —1629 Boyd Last B. (1629) 184.
Their [sc. Levites'] honour is great if with the shining vrim of sound … doctrine they joyne the thummim of a good life, … But if … they bee loiterers and will not labour or labour in doctrine but not in life their double honour shall bee turned in double disgrace
