JULIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Julian mean? 

• JULIAN (noun)
  The noun JULIAN has 1 sense:

1. Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)

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

• JULIAN (adjective)
  The adjective JULIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar

  Familiarity information: JULIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JULIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Flavius Claudius Julianus; Julian; Julian the Apostate

Instance hypernyms:

Emperor of Rome; Roman Emperor (sovereign of the Roman Empire)

• JULIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Julian calendar

Pertainym:

Julius Caesar (conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC))

Derivation:

Julius Caesar (conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC))

 Context examples 

So, marchons, and may St. Julian grant us as good quarters elsewhere!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This rapid warming has altered a major mode of the weather system called the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO).

(Global disasters linked to warming Indo-Pacific seas, SciDev.Net)

“May the holy Julian stand by us and the thrice-sainted Christopher!”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was then with a lighter heart and a stouter courage that the young man turned from the Abbot's room, while the latter, following him to the stair-head, finally commended him to the protection of the holy Julian, patron of travellers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)