Susanna

[ soo-zan-uh ]

/ suˈzæn ə /

noun

a book of the Apocrypha, constituting the 13th chapter of Daniel in the Douay Bible.

Also Su·san·nah. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “lily.”

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advocate

to give up possession or occupancy of.

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to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.

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Susanna Martin, an aged woman of Amesbury, Mass., was tried and executed for the alleged crime of witchcraft.
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Susanna will cook it, I'm sure—or, maybe, let me do it myself.
The Brass Bound Box|Evelyn Raymond
He put Susanna Noda aside and moved to the dim middle of the room.
Linda Condon|Joseph Hergesheimer
Susanna herself in v. 22 evidently remembers David's words in II.
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She was fairly certain that Miss Susanna would never give any such consent.
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British Dictionary definitions for susanna

Susanna

/ (suːˈzænə) /

noun Apocrypha

the wife of Joachim, who was condemned to death for adultery because of a false accusation, but saved by Daniel's sagacity

the book of the Apocrypha containing this story

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noun Apocrypha