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Definition of Saint 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 Saint Peter

Literary usage of Saint Peter

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

1. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"Bui Saint Peter farther includes ia which they cannot in that connexion ¡otro- | the same passage, that ' Paul accounts the duce without breaking in on ..."

2. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"The conduct of Saint Peter and Saint Paul presents at once a striking instance ... We learn also, from the ecorded failings of Saint Peter, that this Jint ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"See ANTIOCH; CANON; CORINTH; EPHESUS; GALATIA; ROME; SAINT PAUL; Saint Peter; SALONICA; TIMOTHY. See also the articles on the New Testament books mentioned ..."

4. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1870)
"Kentish mother-church itself as the ecclesiastical home of the English nation. The church of Saint Peter at Westminster, the great work of ..."

5. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1870)
"Kentish mother-church itself as the ecclesiastical home of the English nation. The church of Saint Peter at Westminster, the great work of ..."

6. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"Union of Benefices Act (Saint Michael, Cornhill, with Saint Peter le Poor and Saint Benet Fink).—Copy of Scheme under the Union of Benefices Act, 1860, ..."

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