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Definition of Saint john

1. Noun. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation.

2. Noun. A river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy.

3. Noun. A port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint John

Saint Gallen Saint George Saint Gregory I Saint Helena Saint Helenian Saint Helenians Saint Helier Saint Ignatius Saint Ignatius' itch Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Saint James Saint James the Apostle Saint Jerome Saint Joan Saint John Saint John's Saint John's bread Saint John River Saint John the Apostle Saint Johns

Saint Johns River Saint Joseph Saint Jude Saint Kitts Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lawrence Saint Lawrence River Saint Lawrence Seaway Saint Louis

Literary usage of Saint john

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the ...by Charles George Herbermann by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"JOHN'S UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE- VILLE, MINNESOTA: Innocent II, Pope; Jerome Emiliani, Saint; John Baptist de Rossi, Saint; John Cornelius and Companions, ..."

2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Saint-John was utterly defeated, and taken prisoner along with ten other ... Saint-John was only released after the treaty of L'Aumône in the summer of ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"F. Bacchus, Cong. Orat. See also GORMAN, Converts to Rome (London, 1910). EDWIN BURTON. saint john, CHRISTIANS OF. ... saint john, DIOCESE OF ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"F. Bacchus, Cong. Orat. See also GORMAN, Concert» to Rome (London, 1910). EDWIN BURTON. saint john, CHRISTIANS OF. ... saint john, DIOCESE OF (SANCTI ..."

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