Bartholomew
Americannoun
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one of the 12 apostles of Jesus: sometimes called Nathanael.
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a first name: from a Hebrew word meaning “son of Talmai.”
noun
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Worshipers gather for a recent Sunday Mass at the St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church, which lost more than 200 parishioners in the quakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“That economic weakness helps explain why the Bank of England is very unlikely to follow the ECB’s decision to hike at its meeting next week,” Aberdeen’s Luke Bartholomew says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Staff were informed of the potential job cuts at a meeting held by the vice-chancellor, Prof Paul Bartholomew, on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Zelensky was also due to meet Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of most Christian Orthodox churches, a week before the Orthodox Easter, celebrated in Ukraine and Russia on April 12.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
William and the dozen other oblates would be expected to sit quietly and absorb the “wisdom” that Bartholomew bestowed upon them.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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