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    le·vi·a·than
    [ləˈvīəTH(ə)n]
    noun
    leviathan (noun) · leviathans (plural noun)
    1. (in biblical use) a sea monster, identified in different passages with the whale and the crocodile (e.g. Job 41, Ps. 74:14), and with the Devil (after Isa. 27:1).
      • a very large aquatic creature, especially a whale:
        "the great leviathans of the deep"
      • a thing that is very large or powerful, especially a ship:
        "it's a challenge to navigate a wheeled leviathan in rush-hour traffic"
      • an autocratic monarch or state:
        "we must tame the state Leviathan"
    Origin
    via late Latin from Hebrew liwyāṯān.
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    noun
    1. (in biblical use) a sea monster, identified in different passages with the whale and the crocodile (e.g. Job 41, Ps. 74:14), and with the Devil (after Isa. 27:1).
      monster
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      monstrosity
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