An accusation that Jewish people used the blood of Christians in religious rituals, especially in the preparation of Passover bread, that was perpetrated throughout the Middle Ages and (sporadically) until the early 20th century.
Example sentencesExamples
This is just a mutation of the blood libel to suit modern politics.
So what on earth is the blood libel doing in a column in the respected mass daily paper?
We have lived through Crusades, Spanish inquisitions, blood libels, pogroms, persecutions, mass murders, and gassings.
The first such accusation - better known as a "blood libel" - was leveled in 1144 in Norwich, England.
The blood libel makes even less sense when you consider that in the 13th century the Church adopted the doctrine of transubstantiation.
Definition of blood libel in US English:
blood libel
noun
An accusation that Jewish people used the blood of Christians in religious rituals, especially in the preparation of Passover bread, that was perpetrated throughout the Middle Ages and (sporadically) until the early 20th century.
Example sentencesExamples
This is just a mutation of the blood libel to suit modern politics.
So what on earth is the blood libel doing in a column in the respected mass daily paper?
The blood libel makes even less sense when you consider that in the 13th century the Church adopted the doctrine of transubstantiation.
We have lived through Crusades, Spanish inquisitions, blood libels, pogroms, persecutions, mass murders, and gassings.
The first such accusation - better known as a "blood libel" - was leveled in 1144 in Norwich, England.