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JUDAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A one-way peephole in a door
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("judas" is a kind of...):
eyehole; peephole; spyhole (a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who betrays under the guise of friendship
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Judas" is a kind of...):
betrayer; double-crosser; double-dealer; traitor; two-timer (a person who says one thing and does another)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver
Synonyms:
Judas; Judas Iscariot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)
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)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
Synonyms:
Judas; Jude; Saint Jude; St. Jude; Thaddaeus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
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)
