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THADDAEUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless

Synonyms:

Judas; Jude; Saint Jude; St. Jude; Thaddaeus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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