Constantine
Americannoun
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died a.d. 715, pope 708–715.
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a city in NE Algeria.
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a male given name.
noun
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Those numbers compare to the percentage of Christians in the Roman Empire when the Emperor Constantine ended Rome’s persecution of the new faith and offered freedom to all religions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Constantine had appointed Giovanni Longo Giustiniani, a Genoese mercenary, to command the defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
About the author: Constantine Yannelis is the Janeway professor of financial economics and J.M.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
MIT graduate student Constantine Tzouanas, former MIT postdoc Jessica Shay, and Massachusetts General Brigham postdoc Marc Sherman are the co-first authors of the paper.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Twice a month, Constantine wrote me back on parchment paper that folded into an envelope.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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