luz

Noun

A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish traditions to be the indestructible bone from which the body will be rebuilt at the time of resurrection.

Origin

Hebrew 'לוז'

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"House of God"), originally called Luz, an ancient city of Palestine, on the N.W.
Jose de la Luz (New York, 1874; 2nd ed., 1879).
Soult's army (about 79,000), in three entrenched lines, stretched from the sea in front of St Jean de Luz along commanding ground to Amotz and thence, behind the river, to Mont Mondarin near the Nive.
The French right then fell back to St Jean de Luz, the left towards points on the Nive.
19) proceeded to St Jean de Luz to superintend the despatch of boats to the Adour.

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