Salem
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- proper noun
- /ˈseɪləm/
- During our visit to Salem, we learned about the trials that marked its dark history.
- Salem, Massachusetts
- Salem witch trials
- witchcraft in Salem
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Watch on YouTubeSo it's like I'm near like Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, all those towns.
- So it's like I'm near like Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, all those towns.
- No, in the Salem witch hunts, they always found them guilty.
- We follow a girl who is living with her mother and grandmother in Salem, MA where her family runs a spice shop.
- Then you have things like witch hunts, Salem witch trials and and the spreading of the idea of searching for witches.
- So this book takes place in Salem, MA and our main character's name is Eleanor and she is the least witchy person to exist.
- Oh, and we're going to torch those witches in the way Salem witch trials.
- Yeah, this is the age of the Salem like witch hunt.
Examples
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There were instances of tremendous courage and compassion at Salem, and it is a disservice not to acknowledge them.
Academic text (1992) -
In 1692, several girls in Salem began having fits, and the diagnosis was witchcraft.
Fiction book (2002) -
There were no witches in Salem.
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So are the Salem witch trials over already?
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Do you know how many witches were burned at Salem?
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Why would he choose that particular moment to draw attention to a work about the Salem witchcraft trials?
Fiction book (1999) -
The history of the Salem witch trials raises disturbing questions for our own time.
Academic text (1992) -
LIAM: So, it's summer in Salem, and you're suffering through another boring hot July working part-time at the ice cream parlor.
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Gwendolyn Goode lives a charmed life as the owner of an occult shop in downtown Salem, MA.
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The historic town of Salem, Massachusetts, is known for its infamous witch trials in 1692.
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Etymology
Salem comes from an old Hebrew name Shalem meaning 'peace', a name often used by early settlers from the Bible. That's why the Massachusetts town was called Salem, even though it later became famous for the witch trials.