Definition of Saint Jude

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

Exact synonyms: Judas, Jude, St. Jude, Thaddaeus
Category relationships: New Testament
Generic synonyms: Apostle, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Jude

Saint Ignatius
Saint Ignatius' itch
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Jerome
Saint Joan
Saint John
Saint John's
Saint John's bread
Saint John River
Saint John the Apostle
Saint Johns
Saint Johns River
Saint Joseph
Saint Jude (current term)
Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Saint Louis
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucian
Saint Lucian Creole French
Saint Lucians
Saint Luke
Saint Maarten
Saint Mark
Saint Martin

Literary usage of Saint Jude

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

1. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"Estius and Witsius were of opinion that Saint Jude wrote to Christians every where, but especially to the converted Jews. Dr. Hammond thought that the ..."

2. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"Estius and Witsius were of opinion dial Saint Jude wrote to Christians every where, but especially to the converted Jews. ..."

3. Lectures and Sermons by Henry Cogswell Knight (1831)
"Saint Jude therefore was also a brother, or cousin-german, to our Lord. ... Saint Jude then, it seems, had a good namesake, the patriarch Judah, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"He published translations of several of Dr. Dollinger's works (1870-75) ; commentaries on II Saint Peter and Saint Jude (1879); 'Saint John's Gospel and ..."

5. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"Estius and Witsius were of opinion that Saint Jude wrote to Christians every where, but especially to the converted Jews. Dr. Hammond thought that the ..."

6. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"Estius and Witsius were of opinion dial Saint Jude wrote to Christians every where, but especially to the converted Jews. ..."

7. Lectures and Sermons by Henry Cogswell Knight (1831)
"Saint Jude therefore was also a brother, or cousin-german, to our Lord. ... Saint Jude then, it seems, had a good namesake, the patriarch Judah, ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"He published translations of several of Dr. Dollinger's works (1870-75) ; commentaries on II Saint Peter and Saint Jude (1879); 'Saint John's Gospel and ..."

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