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Dorcas

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Dorcas (dôr`kəs) or Tabitha (tăb`ĭthə) [Gr. Dorcas and Aramaic Tabitha=gazelle], in the Acts of the Apostles, Christian woman of Joppa whom St. Peter raised from the dead. She made clothes for the poor.
Dorcas
a charitable woman of Joppa (Acts 9:36--42)
Dorcas
made garments for widows. [N.T.: Acts 9:39]
See : Helpfulness
Dorcas
raised from the dead by St. Peter. [N.T.: Acts 9:36–42]
See : Resurrection
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Dorcas nourished her apprehensions in silence till one afternoon when Reuben awoke from an unquiet sleep, and seemed to recognize her more perfectly than at any previous time.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
When once more the child was cuddled against her, she realized that in some mystical way there was a new bond between them, and as the days passed, she discovered it was not so much the whipping, but the unnatural perfidy of Dorcas that had scarred his mind.
Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context
He hasn't any faults much, and is charming and sweet, like Buffalo Bill, and Thunder-Bird, and Mammy Dorcas, and Soldier Boy, and Shekels, and Potter, and Sour-Mash, and - well, they're ALL that, just angels, as you may say.
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