Definition of "twain" []

• Two. (noun)

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• "Just at that instant that Christ died upon mount Calvary, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, v. 38."
• "Then said she, “O my brother, let us get under him and lift him up and carry him to Cairo, that we may compare him with the damsel of whom thou speakest and so determine whether of the twain is the fairer.”"
• "38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom."