Definition of Road to Damascus

1. Noun. A sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians).

Generic synonyms: Landmark, Turning Point, Watershed

Definition of Road to Damascus

1. Noun. (idiomatic) An important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Road To Damascus

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road race
road races
road racing
road rage
road rash
road roller
road rollers
road runner
road sense
road show
road sign
road signs
road surface
road test
road to Damascus (current term)
road train
road trains
road trip
road trips
road warrior
road warriors
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roadabilities
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roadbase
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roadbed
roadbeds

Literary usage of Road to Damascus

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

1. Getting the Most Out of Business: Observations of the Application of the by Elias St. Elmo Lewis (1919)
"... PART IV On the road to Damascus We should learn that we may become the masters of the world. ..."

2. Getting the Most Out of Business: Observations of the Application of the by E. St. Elmo Lewis (1916)
"... PART IV On the road to Damascus We should learn that we may become the masters of the world.—CICERO. ..."

3. The Deicides: Analysis of the Life of Jesus, and of the Several Phases of by Joseph Cohen (1873)
"... disciple of Gamaliel—His inspiration on the road to Damascus — He abandons the conversion of the Jews and undertakes that of the Gentiles—He abolishes ..."

4. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"And therefore the road to Damascus was burned With a swift, ... Who would think for the many, and fight for the mass, Is the road to Damascus. ..."

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