John of Damascus

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noun

Saint, a.d. c675–749, priest, theologian, and scholar of the Eastern Church, born in Damascus.

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Also called Johannes Damascenus.

Words nearby John of Damascus

Johnny-jump-up, Johnny-on-the-spot, Johnny raw, Johnny Reb, John of Austria, John of Damascus, John of Gaunt, John of Lancaster, John of Leyden, John of Salisbury, John of the Cross

How to use John of Damascus in a sentence

A few years back, designer John Galliano was fined by the government for sharing just such anti-semitic sentiments in public.
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Chérif was arrested in Paris in January 2005 as he was about to board a plane to Damascus along with a man named Thamer Bouchnak.
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NEW ORLEANS — John Boehner was reelected House Speaker yesterday by his Republican colleagues despite some dissenting members.
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And similar shards of enthusiasm-killing kryptonite are lodged in John Kasich, Mike Pence and Ted Cruz.
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As it currently stands, the Via Dolorosa follows the account given in the Gospel of John.
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After all, may not even John Burns be human; may not Mr. Chamberlain himself have a heart that can feel for another?
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Hamo in alluding to the early cultivation of tobacco by the colony, says, that John Rolfe was the pioneer tobacco planter.
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John Wilson, a celebrated landscape and marine painter, died at Folkstone, aged 81.
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John Thornton Kirkland, president of Harvard university, died, aged 70.
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John was baptizing at a large pool called Ænon-by-Saleim,—probably allegorical, meaning “Fountain of Repose.”
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British Dictionary definitions for John of Damascus

John of Damascus

noun

Saint. ?675–749 ad, Syrian theologian, who defended the veneration of icons and images against the iconoclasts. Feast day: Dec 4

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