Ananias
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) a man who was struck dead for lying.
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a chronic liar.
noun
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New Testament a Jewish Christian of Jerusalem who was struck dead for lying (Acts 5)
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a liar
Example Sentences
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For Concordia survivor Georgia Ananias, the COVID-19 infections are just the latest evidence that passenger safety still isn’t a top priority for the industry.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
With him he brought his adult daughter, Eleanor White Dare, and his son-in-law, Ananias, a stonemason.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018
Married to Ananias Dare, Eleanor gave birth to Virginia—the first English child born in the New World—shortly after the English colonists landed on Roanoke Island.
From National Geographic ● May 29, 2018
Ananias Léki Dago, based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, takes us from the black shebeens, or social clubs, of Johannesburg to the sheet-metal neighborhoods of Nairobi and the dusty boulevards of Bamako.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2016
But the Lord forbade Ananias to make any further objections, since it was his duty simply to believe and obey; and He said unto him, "Go thy way," do as I command thee.
From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary
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