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TETRAGRAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tetragram" is a kind of...):
written word (the written form of a word)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tetragram"):
Tetragrammaton (four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce)
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