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Nave Topical Bible
• Contempt of Court
Thompson Chain Reference
• Contempt
The Topic Concordance
• Contempt
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Contempt
Dictionaries
King James Dictionary
• Contemptible
• Contempt
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Contempt
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Contemptible
Webster Dictionary
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• Contemptibleness
• Contemptible
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Contempt of Court
Lexicons
• ܡܰܣܠܰܝܳܐ
• ܫܺܝܛܳܐ
• Exouthenismos; or Contempt
• ἐξουδενέω , ἐξουδενόω
• ἐξουθενέω , ἐξουθενόω
• בוּזּ
• בָּזָה , נְמִבְזָה
• בִּזָּיון
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(1):

(n.) The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

(2):

(n.) The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.

(3):

(n.) An act or expression denoting contempt.

(4):

(n.) Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.