Definition of St. John the Baptist

1. Noun. (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome.

Exact synonyms: John The Baptist
Category relationships: New Testament
Generic synonyms: Hermit, Recluse, Solitary, Solitudinarian, Troglodyte, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. John The Baptist

St. George's
St. George's Cross
St. George's Day
St. Gregory I
St. Gregory of Nazianzen
St. Ignatius
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. James
St. James the Apostle
St. Jerome
St. John
St. John's
St. John Chrysostom
St. John River
St. John the Apostle
St. John the Baptist (current term)
St. Johns
St. Johns River
St. Joseph
St. Jude
St. Kitts
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence Seaway
St. Leo I
St. Louis
St. Lucia
St. Luke
St. Luke's summer

Literary usage of St. John the Baptist

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

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"... mayor ten years later, when he revived the costly pageant of the marching watch on the eve of St. John the Baptist, which had been suspended since 1524. ..."

2. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim (1883)
"THE ANNUNCIATION OF St. John the Baptist. (St. Luke i. 6-26.) IT was the time of the Morning Sacrifice.i As the massive Temple- gates slowly swung on their ..."

3. Journal of Theological Studies (1900)
"ON OF THE SOUL AND ITS FUTURE STATE. By PROF. AA MACDONELL ............ 493 THE DEATH OF St. John the Baptist. From the Russian of PROF. ..."

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The church of St John the Baptist is a reconstruction of 1817; it contains monuments by John Flaxman. ..."

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