jesus : Idioms & Phrases
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church of jesus christ of latter-day saints
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noun church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormons; Mormon Church.
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jesus christ
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noun a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
Christ; the Nazarene; Good Shepherd; Jesus; Saviour; Redeemer; Savior; Deliverer; Jesus Christ.
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jesus of nazareth
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noun a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
Christ; the Nazarene; Good Shepherd; Jesus; Saviour; Redeemer; Savior; Deliverer; Jesus Christ.
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society of jesus
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noun a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship
Jesuit order.
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The Society of Jesus
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Jesuit .
Webster 1913
transfiguration of jesus
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noun (New Testament) the sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus
Transfiguration.
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wisdom of jesus the son of sirach
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noun an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
Ben Sira; Sirach; Ecclesiasticus.