Hellenistic \Hel`le*nis"tic\, Hellenistical \Hel`le*nis"tic*al\,
   a. [Cf. F. Hell['e]nistique.]
   Pertaining to the Hellenists.
   
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   {Hellenistic language}, {Hellenistic dialect}, or
   {Hellenistic idiom}, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who
      lived in countries where the Greek language prevailed; the
      Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint.
      
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