Damascenus

American  

[dam-uh-see-nuhs] / ˌdæm əˈsi nəs /

noun

1. Johannes John of Damascus, Saint.

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Example Sentences

It is moreover much to be regretted that in making the extract from John Damascenus those who employ it as evidence of primitive belief, have not presented it to their readers whole and entire.

From Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by Tyler, James Endell

Jupiter Caelestis, 128; Caelus, 147; Damascenus, 111; Dolichenus, 25, 113, 116, 148; Hadad and, 123; Heliopolitanus, 111; Protector, 147.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz

The story first appeared in Greek in the works of Joannes Damascenus in the eighth century.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

Arms were in Crete, according to Nicolaus Damascenus, the most honourable present that could be made.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

John, exarch of Bulgaria, who lived in the same century, translated the books of Johannes Damascenus into Slavic.

From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob