Definition of Thomas a Kempis

1. Noun. German ecclesiastic (1380-1471).

Exact synonyms: A Kempis
Generic synonyms: Churchman, Cleric, Divine, Ecclesiastic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thomas A Kempis

Thomas Paine
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Reid
Thomas Robert Malthus
Thomas Stearns Eliot
Thomas Straussler
Thomas Sully
Thomas Sydenham
Thomas Tallis
Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson
Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Wright Waller
Thomas Young
Thomas a Becket
Thomas a Kempis (current term)
Thomas splint
Thomas the doubting Apostle
Thomasian
Thomasina
Thomason
Thomean
Thomerson
Thomism
Thomist
Thomistic
Thomists
Thomite
Thomites

Literary usage of Thomas a Kempis

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

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) BY JOHN MALONE A little nook with a little book." Good old monk of the peaceful Holland lowlands, how well you knew the best ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"1887; LA Wheatley. Story of the Imitation of Christ, ib. 1891; Roring, Thomas a Kempis, Zijne voorgangers en siine ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... Thomas a Kempis and the Imitation of Christ (Lon- d">n. 1383) ; AMORT, Deductio critica qua juxta leges ..."

4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1859)
"... Empress of Russia—Mrs. Thrale—Ecclesiastical Discipline—Fear of Death—Capel Lofft—Thomas a Kempis—Dr. Douglas—Editions of Horace—Charles Fox. ..."

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