Theophilus
Americannoun
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a walled plain in the 4th quadrant of the face of the moon: about 65 miles (105 km) in diameter.
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a male given name.
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Theophilus
after Theophilus (died 842 ad ), Byzantine emperor and patron of learning
Example Sentences
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The gold was stashed in a bag under the stone cellar surface below the 1890s villa built for the brewery’s onetime owner, Theophilus Van Assche, said local police officer Katrijn Braem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Or is Theophilus acting in actual bad faith, so convinced by his preferred mythology that he’s unworried about any harm the rites of exorcism inflict on Emma?
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2025
The earliest known Christian missionary was the diplomat Theophilus, sent as an ambassador by the Roman emperor Constantius II around 354.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
“It’s a packed weekend, and you’re trying to get it in,” Theophilus Woodley of Charlotte, North Carolina, said recently in a Zoom interview with his family.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
They were followed by John Theophilus Desaguliers, who performed the role of curator of experiments from 1716 to 1743.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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