Bolland

[ bol-uhnd; French baw-lahn; Flemish bol-ahnt ]

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noun

Jean de [zhah, n, d, uh] or Jo·han van [yoh-, hahn, vahn] or John, 1596–1665, Belgian Jesuit hagiographer.

The life of Bolland is a type of the lives led by all his disciples and successors.

Jesson, after some demur, consented to take the bill; and Bolland indorsed it with his own name.

James Bolland, who was executed in 1772, deserved and certainly obtained less sympathy.

It flustered and gratified Mrs. Bolland not a little to receive such a distinguished visitor.

John Bolland laid down the Bible and rested both hands on the arms of the chair to steady himself.

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