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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.
Category relationships: New Testament
Generic synonyms: Hermit, Recluse, Solitary, Solitudinarian, Troglodyte, Saint
Lexicographical Neighbors of St. John The Baptist
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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