Columba
noun
Saint, a.d. 521–597, Irish missionary in Scotland.
Columban
-
a word derived from
Columba.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The idea to send the relic came from the Rev. Robert McCulloch, the Australian procurator general of the St. Columban Catholic missionary order.
From US News ● Jan. 7, 2016
But he got his master's degree from Ireland's National University, studied for the priesthood, and was ordained in the Society of St. Columban.
From Time Magazine Archive
Behind the ruined walls of the Columban church, the slopes rise, and the one isolated hill of Iona is, there, a steep and sudden wilderness.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod
Naiton did not succeed in forcing all his people to adopt them, but in 717 he expelled the Columban clergy who refused to conform.946.IV,
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
Christianity reached the Orkneys through the labours of the Columban clergy, and there are many traces in the islands that speak of their work.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Dugald Butler
