enchase

Example Sentences

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And her much-deserved Tony clearly brings her nachas, as the Yiddish word for pride goes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2017

Treasury, he's paid in nachas — Yiddish for the glow of pleasure that runs through elder hearts when they exult in their young.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2010

So in Hebrew nachas, serpent, has many derivatives signifying to hold intercourse with demons, to conjure, a magician, etc.

From The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America by Brinton, Daniel Garrison