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In some senses, gaon is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
gaon
/ɡəˈ(ʔ)oʊn/
noun 3
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2ADJ.
ancient, distressed
ADV.
also
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noun
1
A sage of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia
1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=5mR5jX70oqwC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&sig=efbu3LMM7kVUrIzfWghTlqOeIXQ The Gaon also was distressed by the veneration the Hasidim accorded their rabbinic leaders, men whom the Gaon generally regarded as ignoramuses.
Like the hasidim, he too refused the title of rabbi, adopting the ancient title of Gaon.
noun
1
Alternative letter-case form of Gaon.
noun
1
A village.
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1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=5mR5jX70oqwC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&sig=efbu3LMM7kVUrIzfWghTlqOeIXQ The Gaon also was distressed by the veneration t
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Like the hasidim, he too refused the title of rabbi, adopting the ancient title of Gaon.
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1997, Moshe Gil, A History of Palestine http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=M0wUKoMJeccC&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&sig=ffm2drYu_SPO-Cgn9eM32oW2rhM The Gaon also mentions a letter he has received
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