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ST. JAMES THE APOSTLE
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament
Synonyms:
James; Saint James; Saint James the Apostle; St. James; St. James the Apostle
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)
saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
Domain category:
New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)