shibboleth

Summary

shibboleth ranks in the top 0.66% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,082 views/month, #510 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• shibboleth is a type of custom^[2].
• shibboleth is a type of identity^[3].
• shibboleth is a type of authentication^[4].
• shibboleth's Commons category is recorded as Shibboleth^[5].
• shibboleth's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shibboleths^[6].
• shibboleth's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[7].
• shibboleth's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[8].
• shibboleth's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[9].
• shibboleth's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[10].
• shibboleth's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[11].
• shibboleth's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[12].
• shibboleth's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[13].
• shibboleth's has list is recorded as list of shibboleths^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include custom^[2], identity^[3], and authentication^[4].

Influence

Things named for shibboleth include Shibboleth^[15], a communication protocol^[16].

Why It Matters

shibboleth ranks in the top 0.66% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,082 views/month, #510 of 77,819).^[1] shibboleth has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] shibboleth is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]

Entities named for shibboleth include Shibboleth^[15], a communication protocol^[16].