Maat

[ muh-aht, mey-uht ]

/ məË?É‘t, Ë?meÉª É™t /

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the goddess personifying law and righteousness.

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Choose the sentence that uses "rent" correctly.

Releasing Burt's hand, Critch caught the loop of the symbol of Maat and stood it on end.
The Blind Lion of the Congo|Elliott Whitney
Surmounting the Maat here illustrated is a conspicuous feather which we have already connoted with feeder and fodder.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
See thou Horus at the look-out at the bow, and at his sides Thoth and Maat.
The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X)|Various
With Ne-maat-hap the royal right seems to have been transferred to a Memphite house.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery|L.W. King and H.R. Hall

Young man addressed me quite intimate-like this afternoon, "En wat schrijf maat in de boekie?"
Woman's Endurance|A.D.L.