Bede

[ beed ]

noun

1. Saint the Venerable Bede, a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.

Bede

/ biːd /

noun

1. Bede, Saint?673735MEnglishRELIGION: monkMISC: scholarHISTORY: historianRELIGION: theologian Saint , known as the Venerable Bede . ?673–735 ad , English monk, scholar, historian, and theologian, noted for his Latin Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731). Feast day: May 27 or 25 Latin nameBaeda

Example Sentences

Gower uses ne bede in the same sense; 'That I ne bede never awake'; Conf.

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Can Mr. Bede produce anything to match the following sample of the crater, to be found in our most polished English poet?

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In Bede's time, if not before, London was resorted to by many merchants both by land and by sea.

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I need not dwell on characters so well known as those painted in "Adam Bede."

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Dr Arnold's dissertation on Bede involves him in the discussion of a question on which much skill and ability have been exercised.

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