Damascenus

[ dam-uh-see-nuhs ]

noun

1. Jo·han·nes [joh-, han, -eez, -is]. John of Damascus, Saint.

Example Sentences

The first place we came to was the Ager Damascenus, a long, beautiful meadow, just without the city on the west side.

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"The Anacreontic hymns of John Damascenus form a marked contrast to—" when the sentence was interrupted by a knock at the door.

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The work was afterwards attributed to Johannes Damascenus, who died in 760.

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Johannes Damascenus was also an Arabian physician, but of a much earlier date (probably of the ninth century).

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It was already known in the seventh century, and the first who mentions it is S. John Damascenus.

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