Bede

[ beed ]

/ bid /

noun

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

Also Baeda.

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Examples from the Web for bede

Bede says that, before consecrating her life to religion, "she had lived thirty-three years very nobly among her family."
Early Double Monasteries|Constance Stoney
To point the student to Bede's works, and to indicate their historic teachings, is all that can be here accomplished.
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History|Henry Coppee
And scarce was his task well finished when, like his great predecessor Bede, the brave old priest laid down his life.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07|Various
Several relics of Bede are preserved in the church, among them the rude, uncomfortable chair he is said to have used.
In Unfamiliar England|Thomas Dowler Murphy

It is said by Bede to have been built whilst the Romans still occupied Britain.
The Towns of Roman Britain|James Oliver Bevan

British Dictionary definitions for bede

Bede

/ (biːd) /

noun

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 25Latin name: Baeda

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