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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meekness \Meek"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being meek.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
meekness
n 1: the feeling of patient submissive humbleness
2: a disposition to be patient and long suffering
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Meekness
a calm temper of mind, not easily provoked (James 3:13).
Peculiar promises are made to the meek (Matt. 5:5; Isa. 66:2).
The cultivation of this spirit is enjoined (Col. 3:12; 1 Tim.
6:11; Zeph. 2:3), and is exemplified in Christ (Matt. 11:29),
Abraham (Gen. 13; 16:5, 6) Moses (Num. 12:3), David (Zech. 12:8;
2 Sam. 16:10, 12), and Paul (1 Cor. 9:19).
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth
while
M is for Moses,
Who slew the Egyptian.
As sweet as a rose is
The meekness of Moses.
No monument shows his
Post-mortem inscription,
But M is for Moses
Who slew the Egyptian.
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