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Definition of St. luke

1. Noun. (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel.

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Luke

Literary usage of St. luke

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

1. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical by Michael Bryan (1886)
"(From the church of the of st. luke. 1620. Triptych—Adoration of the Magi. ... He was received into the Guild of st. luke at Antwerp in 1559, ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1841)
"I allude to the manner in which st. luke has recorded the miracles of our Saviour, ... st. luke, we know, was a physician; and as most of the New Testament ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The genealogy as given in st. luke enumerates eighteen generations for the same period, a number which harmonizes better with the ordinary course of events. ..."

4. Journal of Theological Studies (1904)
"Then with the New Year in September the series is taken from St Luke for twelve weeks, from St Mark for six weeks and finally from St Luke for three days of ..."

5. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"The bones of st. luke are said to have been translated from ... On the occasion of this translation some distribution was made of the relics of st. luke. ..."

6. Introduction to the Study of the Gospels by Brooke Foss Westcott (1882)
"The early accounts of the origin of the Gospel of st. luke were strictly ... 18) and to st. luke, soon gave occasion to suppose that he himself used the ..."

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