Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for U'RIM
U'RIC-AC-ID, or LITH'IC-AC-IDU'RI-NAL
U'RIM, n. [Heb. ארים.]
The Urim and Thummim, among the Israelites, signify lights and perfections. These were a kind of ornament belonging to the habit of the high priest, in virtue of which ho gave oracular answers to the people; but what they were has not been satisfactorily ascertained. Cyc.
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