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THADDAEUS

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Overview

THADDAEUS (noun)
  The noun THADDAEUS has 1 sense:

1. (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopelessplay

  Familiarity information: THADDAEUS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


THADDAEUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Judas; Jude; Saint Jude; St. Jude; Thaddaeus

Instance hypernyms:

Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"One good turn deserves another." (English proverb)

"A rocky vineyard does not need a prayer, but a pick ax." (Native American proverb, Navajo)

"Every disease has a medicine except for death." (Arabic proverb)

"He who eats holy bread has to deserve it." (Corsican proverb)



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