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JUDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A New Testament book attributed to Saint Jude
Synonyms:
Epistle of Jude; Jude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
Epistle (a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle)
Holonyms ("Jude" is a part of...):
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 2
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:
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)
