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Definition of Doubting Thomas

1. Noun. The Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes.

2. Noun. Someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place).

Definition of Doubting Thomas

1. Noun. One who requires proof before believing. ¹

2. Noun. One who finds belief difficult. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doubting Thomas

doubly transitive verb form doubt doubtable doubtance doubted doubter doubters doubtful doubtfull doubtfuller

doubtfully doubtfulness doubtfulnesses doubtfuls doubting doubting Thomas (current term) doubting Thomases doubtingly doubtings doubtless

doubtlessly doubtlessness doubtlessnesses doubtous doubts doubtsome doubtworthy douc douce doucely

Literary usage of Doubting Thomas

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

1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"A doubting Thomas From 'At the Foot of the Rockies." Copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons. Used by permission of the publishers. THERE was a dinner-party at ..."

2. The People's Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture by Joseph Parker (1893)
"doubting Thomas. E call this man " doubting Thomas "—as if there were only one man who had ever doubted. He does not deserve this speciality of distinction. ..."

3. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"Altar-piece, a triptych: in the centre Christ appearing to the doubting Thomas; inside the wings, the Madonna with St. John, ..."

4. A History of Sculpture by Ernest Henry Short (1907)
"... might well rest upon the " doubting Thomas." The name of the Florentine sculptor is, ... doubting Thomas ..."

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