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Definition of St. Peter

1. Noun. Disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope.

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Peter

Literary usage of St. Peter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"With the exception of St. Peter and St. Paul, according to Wilpert, ... St. Peter appears as a man of great energy, with a short, thick beard, and close cut ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"St. Jude does not give any details about the errors denounced in this short letter any more than does St. Peter, and there is no ground for identifying the ..."

3. Bering's Voyages: An Account of the Efforts of the Russians to Determine the by Frank Alfred Golder, Leonhard Stejneger (1922)
"THE LOG BOOK OF THE "St. Peter" With the help of God this journal was begun this April 23, 1741, on the ship St. Peter by Fleet Master Safron Khitrov, ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It was a letter from St. Peter (14 April, 1562) that encouraged her to found her ... (3) According to St. Epiphanius (Haer., 68), Meletius and St. Peter ..."

5. Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1882)
"11. the cock of St. Peter. A black marble * See Chapter VI. bottom of the well under the ... 384. statue of St. Peter is said to lie at the • Dagobert, ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"With the exception of St. Peter and St. Paul, according to Wilpert, the Apostles ... St. Peter appears as a man of great energy, with a short, thick beard, ..."

7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... the twenty-first Abbot of the Monastery of St. Peter. The period of St. Rupert's activity was until very lately a matter of great discussion. ..."

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