RACA

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 27

An ancient Syriac word, signifying vanity or folly, and pronounced by the Jews with certain gestures of indignation. Our Saviour, in using the word (Matt., v., 22), intimates that whoever should apply this word to his neighbour, should be condemned by the council of the sanhedrim. [s. 1030]