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
With him Capt. White took his daughter Eleanor and her husband Ananias Dare.
From Time ● Sep. 15, 2016
So I went back into the convent-parlor, and, finding the American gentleman still disposed to relate the biography of the Honorable Ananias Dodger, heard it all out.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
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