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Definition of Saint James the Apostle
1. Noun. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament.
Category relationships: New Testament
Generic synonyms: Apostle, Saint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint James The Apostle
Literary usage of Saint James the Apostle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other by Church of England (1831)
"Saint James the Apostle. Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. Saint Matthew the Apostle.
Saint Michael and all Angels. Saint Luke the Evangelist. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Spanish Painters: Comprehending that Part of Their Biography by A. O'Neil (1833)
"In the Royal Gallery of the Prado. An Ecce Homo. ibid. Mater Dolorosa. ibid.
The Holy Family. ibid. Saint James the Apostle. ibid. ..."
3. Memorials of Old Buckinghamshire by Peter Hampson Ditchfield (1901)
"Seeing this reminded me that I had read of a relic possessed by the Scott Murray
family called the Hand of Saint James the Apostle, said to have been dug up ..."
4. The Annals of Roger de Hoveden: Comprising the History of England and of by Roger, Roger of Hoveden, Henry Thomas Riley (1853)
"Henry, king of the English, being greatly rejoiced at gaining the hand of Saint
James the Apostle, founded the noble abbey of ..."
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