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VANITY. The Interpreters of Scripture generally translate by Vanitas and Vanum, the Hebrew Words1 Shave and Habel, the first of which rather signifies what is opposite to Truth, and the second what is opposite to Reality and Solidity. Thus the Word Vanity comes to be taken in several Senses in the Sacred Writers.
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שואVanitas, Mendacium. הבלVanitas, in- utilitas. ↩
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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Vanity,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/v/vanity/.
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