Sebastian

[ si-bas-chuhn ]

noun

1. Saint, died a.d. 288?, Roman martyr.
2. a male given name.

Sebastian

/ sɪˈbæstjən /

noun

1. Sebastian, Saint?288MRomanRELIGION: martyrRELIGION: saint Saint. died ?288 ad , Christian martyr. According to tradition, he was first shot with arrows and then beaten to death. Feast day: Jan 20

Example Sentences

A few years back, Belle and Sebastian even penned a song, “Suicide Girl,” about a woman trying to audition to be one.

From The Daily Beast

Sebastian Vidal, a field coordinator for MSF, told NPR he was “flabbergasted” at the lack of international response.

From The Daily Beast

Billy jokes about it now, saying it was like being on a date with Sebastian Cabot.

From The Daily Beast

The report also names the administrator of one such targeted directory, a German computer science student named Sebastian Hahn.

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“Bob has proposed,” Jerry Hall tells diarist Sebastian Shakespeare.

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Sebastian Brandt died; counsellor of Strassburg, a lawyer, and author of a curious poem.

From Project Gutenberg

The market-place was instantly devoted; it was down in a few seconds, and a chapel to St. Sebastian begun.

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The first and eldest parish is that of St. Sebastian; the church dedicated to whom is the royal chapel, the only one I saw to-day.

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Sebastian Joseph de Pontchasteau, a French author, died; remarkable for the singularity of his acts of devotion and charity.

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In the Catacomb of St. Sebastian was also found a small terra cotta horse of rude design, dappled with coloured spots.

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