Seven Sleepers
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Of The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus: "One is inclined to think that almost all Christians now have taken them for patron-saints."
From Time Magazine Archive
For as the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus were dead and yet alive, so are the souls of the authors in the care of their ancient leathern binding.
From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard
St Samson and six others who fled with him from Britain, 350 Seven Sleepers, The.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis
"The nuisance is," thought he, "that no sooner shall I lay my head on the pillow to-night than I shall be snoring like the Seven Sleepers."
From A Nest of Spies by Allain, Marcel
Help!" he roared, in a voice capable of arousing the Seven Sleepers, "help!
From The Day of Wrath by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)
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