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bartholomew

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bartholomew.

Editorial note

According to Last Call by Daniel Okrent, Gough St was named after famed temperance orator John Bartholomew Gough.

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Quick take

A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bartholomew gathered in one view.

noun

A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.

noun

An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bartholomew.

noun

A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.

noun

An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)

noun

A surname.

Example sentences

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According to Last Call by Daniel Okrent, Gough St was named after famed temperance orator John Bartholomew Gough.

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Louis's ring suburb design Bartholomew was born 13 years after the Great Divorce between St.

3

Five hundred years ago, Christianity was as bad (see reformation, st bartholomew's day massacre).

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The story of st Thomas is ancient and even before colonization, the prevailing attitude in Europe was that st Thomas and st Bartholomew both proselytized India.

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> the prevailing attitude in Europe was that st Thomas and st Bartholomew both proselytized India.

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I've never seen it described as scary, but it has its creepy details, like the statue depicting San Bartholomew after being skinned, wearing his own skin.

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You are also not far at all from one of London’s real hidden gems, the cathedral of St Bartholomew the great, a medieval cathedral down a little side alley near Smithfield market that tons of people in London don’t even know exists.

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The final resting place of a number of Apostles is more or less known -- Ss Simon and Jude are in Saint Peter's, Saint Paul is buried in Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Saint James the Greater is at Compostella in Spain, Saint Bartholomew is in a church on an island in the Tiber in Rome, Saints Philip and James the Lesser have their own church in Rome I think.

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>A 2023 review article written by Bartholomew and Baloh concluded that Havana syndrome was erroneously classified as a novel entity due to a moral panic based on the fear of foreign entities such as the Russians or Cubans attacking the U.

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Immediately thereafter, Harland Bartholomew and his acolytes sold municipalities in Chicagoland (and around the country) on a package of parking minimums, setback requirements, and minimum lot sizes, all designed to address the prevailing concern at the time: that large single-family houses would be covertly converted into two-flats and rented to Black families.

Quote examples

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Bartholomew means "son of Ptolemy", so the name is sort of "Ptolemy's son Bart's kid".

2

My last name - Beattie - is also in the "Bartholomew" nickname group along with Bates/Bateson.

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A good starting point for reading about this is "Harland Bartholomew".

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...here, let me teach you how to sweep a floor, wise Bartholomew III" [hands intelligent student broom] "...now push.

Proper noun examples

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Bartholomew's eyes snapped open, a silent promise that their game was far from over.

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I keep thinking about Pope Francis's (apparently deep and genuine) friendship with Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use bartholomew in a sentence?

According to Last Call by Daniel Okrent, Gough St was named after famed temperance orator John Bartholomew Gough.

What does bartholomew mean?

A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.

What part of speech is bartholomew?

bartholomew is commonly used as noun.