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Phinehas
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Phinehas or Phinees (both: fĭn`ēəs), in the Bible.

1 Grandson of Aaron. His prompt punishment of two flagrant sinners made his name a symbol of holy, zealous indignation.

2 One of Eli's sacrilegious sons: see Hophni Hophni (hŏf`nī), in the Bible, son of Eli. With his brother he met death because of sacrileges.
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3) Many of the corporations created out of these private-sector reforms, for example, have become profit-sharing arrangements for the Cuban equivalent of the nomenklatura, the pinchos grandes who, as with their East European counterparts, have occasionally used their position to engage in similar theft and corruption.
 
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