Definition of St. james the apostle

1. Noun. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament.

Exact synonyms: James, Saint James, Saint James The Apostle, St. James
Category relationships: New Testament
Generic synonyms: Apostle, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. James The Apostle

St. Elmo's fire
St. Elmo's fires
St. Eustatius
St. Francis
St. Francis River
St. George
St. George's
St. George's Cross
St. George's Day
St. Gregory I
St. Gregory of Nazianzen
St. Ignatius
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. James
St. James the Apostle
St. Jerome
St. John
St. John's
St. John Chrysostom
St. John River
St. John the Apostle
St. John the Baptist
St. Johns
St. Johns River
St. Joseph
St. Jude
St. Kitts
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lawrence

Literary usage of St. james the apostle

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

1. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Guizot (François), Léopold Delisle (1853)
"Many miracles were there effected through the merits of St. James the apostle, and the inhabitants of the whole province soon embraced the faith of Christ ..."

2. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1889)
"st. james the apostle. WHEN we come to inquire closely about the Apostles, and when we consider the acknowledged part played by them in an event so ..."

3. History of the Moorish Empire in Europe by Samuel Parsons Scott (1904)
"... League of the Asturians and Frankish Princes—Legend of St. James the Apostle — Death of Al-Hakem — His Character. IN designating his favorite son, ..."

4. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Phillimore (1842)
"... St. James the Apostle, St. Bartholomew the Apostle, St. Matthew the Apostle, St. Michael and all Angels, St. Luke the Evangelist, St. Simon and St. Jude ..."

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