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adj. - Made of baked clay.

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Usage examples (30)
  • The blessing of the gospel is the treasure which we have in earthen vessels.
  • There he sat down to rest a while by a well, where the women were drawing water in earthen pitchers.
  • Here seems to be an allusion to the lamps which Gideon's soldiers carried in earthen pitchers, Jud. vii.
  • They put this water in earthen jars to cool, in order to render it fit for drinking, but it never becomes fresh and cold.
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