Herem may refer to:
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Herem (censure)
''Herem'' (, also Romanized ''chērem, ḥērem'') is the highest ecclesiastical censure in the Jewish community. It is the total exclusion of a person from the Jewish community. It is a form of shunning and is similar to ''vitandus'' "excommuni ...
, expulsion from the Jewish community
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Herem (war or property)
''Herem'' or ''cherem'' (Hebrew: חרם, ''ḥērem''), as used in the Tanakh, means something given over to the Lord, or under a ban, and sometimes refers to things or persons to be utterly destroyed. The term has been explained in different an ...
, a belief that any property imperiling Jewish religious life should be destroyed
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Herem (priestly gift)
In the Tanakh, the term ''herem'' (Hebrew חֵרֶם ''ḥêrem'') is used, among other meanings, for an object or real property to be devoted to God, with God authorizing a ''kohen'' (Jewish priest) to be its receiving agent.
This law is one of ...
, an object that is devoted to God
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Haram (disambiguation)
Haram is an Arabic term () 'forbidden'.
Haram or Al-Haram may also refer to:
*Haram (site) (), 'sanctuary' or 'holy shrine' in the Islamic faith or Arabic language
**Great Mosque of Mecca (''Masjid al-Haram''), Saudi Arabia
**Temple Mount (''Hara ...
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Harem (disambiguation)
Harem refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family.
Harem may also refer to:
* Harem (zoology), an animal group consisting of one or two males, a number of females, and their offspring
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Ḥ-R-M '' Ḥ- R- M'' (Modern he, ח–ר–מ; ar, ح–ر–م) is the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root translates as "forbidden".
Arabic
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