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Baeda

American  
[bee-duh] / ˈbi də /

noun

  1. Saint. Bede, Saint.


Baeda British  
/ ˈbiːdə /

noun

  1. the Latin name for (Saint) Bede

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In his 'Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation,' Baeda was at once the founder of medieval history and the first English historian.

From MacMillan's Reading Books Book V by Anonymous

“Write quickly!” said Baeda to his scribe, for he felt that his end could not be far off.

From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn

Hardly less important, though in a different way, was the work of the monk Baeda, the father of English history.

From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by William Holden Hutton

Placed upon the pavement, his head supported in his scholar's arms, his face turned to the spot where he was wont to pray, Baeda chaunted the solemn "Glory to God."

From MacMillan's Reading Books Book V by Anonymous

The First English Prose.—The first writer of English prose was Baeda, or, as he is generally called, the Venerable Bede.

From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn

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