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SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament

Synonyms:

James; Saint James; Saint James the Apostle; St. James; St. James the Apostle

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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)

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