Definition of Daniel

1. Noun. (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC).

Category relationships: Old Testament
Generic synonyms: Prophet

2. Noun. A wise and upright judge. "A Daniel come to judgment"
Generic synonyms: Judge, Jurist, Justice

3. Noun. An Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar.
Exact synonyms: Book Of Daniel, Book Of The Prophet Daniel
Generic synonyms: Book
Group relationships: Old Testament, Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings

Definition of Daniel

1. n. A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.

Definition of Daniel

1. Proper noun. The book in the Old Testament of the Bible. ¹

2. Proper noun. (biblical character) The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel. ¹

3. Proper noun. (Hebrew male given name) in regular use since the Middle Ages and recently quite popular. ¹

4. Proper noun. (qualifier rare) (Hebrew female given name). ¹

5. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

6. Proper noun. A location in the state of Wyoming in the United States (Zip Code: 83115). (From the U.S. Census Bureau 1990) ¹

7. Noun. (US slang) The buttocks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daniel

Dando
Dandy-Walker syndrome
Dandy operation
Dane
Dane's stain
Danegeld
Danegelt
Danelaw
Danes
Danforth's sign
Dangaleat
Dangla
Danglebahn
Dangme
Dani
Daniel (current term)
Daniel Bernoulli
Daniel Boone
Daniel Chester French
Daniel Defoe
Daniel Garrison Brinton
Daniel Hudson Burnham
Daniel Jones
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Ortega
Daniel Ortega Saavedra
Daniel Rutherford
Daniel Webster
Daniel come to judgement
Daniela

Literary usage of Daniel

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

1. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1918)
"Personal Memorials of Daniel Webster. Philadelphia, 1851. ... Daniel Webster, sa vie et ses oeuvres. Aperc.u de 1'histoire dcs Etats-Unis. Paris, 1858. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"As they had anticipated, Daniel nevertheless prayed, three times a day, at his open window, towards Jerusalem. This they reported to the king, ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Leycester Adolphus (1839)
"admissible to ing the land William Daniel, after disposing by the will of certain with an an- lands in Essex, devised to the trustees the residue of he ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1879)
"Daniel MA CL ISE. D ANIEL MACLISE, the painter of the two greatest national pictures of which England can boast, was an Irishman by birth, but Scotch as ..."

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