Definition of St. Mark

1. Noun. Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel.

Exact synonyms: Mark, Saint Mark
Generic synonyms: Apostelic Father, Apostle, Evangelist, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Mark

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
St. Maarten
St. Mark (current term)
St. Martin
St. Mary Magdalen
St. Mary Magdalene
St. Mary of Bethlehem
St. Matthew
St. Matthew the Apostle
St. Nicholas
St. Nick
St. Olaf
St. Olav
St. Patrick
St. Patrick's Cross
St. Patrick's Day
St. Paul

Literary usage of St. Mark

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

1. The Innocents Abroad, Or, The New Pilgrims' Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1870)
"To be on good terms with St. Mark, seems to be the very summit of ... They say St. Mark had a tame lion, and used to travel with him—and every where THE ..."

2. The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress by Mark Twain (1871)
"Under the altar repose the ashes of St. Mark—and Matthew, Luke and John, too, ... For fourteen hundred years St. Mark has been her patron saint. ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1802)
"The examples of verbal agreement in }^ between St. Matthew and St. Mark arc ... There are frequent instances of verbal agreement in {sf between St. Mark and ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"Section 6 is more broken, but here too the order of St. Mark has alternately the ... It is not contended that the order of St. Mark, though in the main ..."

5. Journal of Theological Studies (1900)
"The Gospel according to St. Mark, the Greek Text, with Introduction, ... Although the work of Dr. Gould on St. Mark had preceded him by only a few years, ..."

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