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shadrach
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What does shadrach mean?
noun
- Synonym of salamander (“solidified material in a furnace hearth”).
proper noun
- Hananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
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From six that morning till past noon the huge wood fire in the kitchen roared and sparkled at its highest, the kettle, the saucepan, and the three-legged pot appearing in the midst of the flames like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; moreover, roasting and basting operations were continually carried on in front of the genial blaze.
“Sir Knight,” answered the hermit, “your thoughts, like those of the ignorant laity, are according to the flesh. It has pleased Our Lady and my patron saint to bless the pittance to which I restrain myself, even as the pulse and water was blessed to the children Shadrach, Meshech, and Abednego, who drank the same rather than defile themselves with the wine and meats which were appointed them by the King of the Saracens.”