SAINT JAMES

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• SAINT JAMES (noun)
  The noun SAINT JAMES has 1 sense:

1. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament

  Familiarity information: SAINT JAMES used as a noun is very rare.

• SAINT JAMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James; Saint James; Saint James the Apostle; St. James; St. James the Apostle

Instance hypernyms:

Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)

 Context examples 

By Saint James! it is now my turn to show you where my weapon has the better of you.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By Saint James of Santiago!” cried Don Pedro, with a tinge of color upon his pale cheeks, “win who will, this has been a most notable contest.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By Saint James!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One young knight on a gray jennet leaped over his fallen comrades and galloped swiftly up the hill, shrieking loudly upon Saint James, ere he fell within a spear-length of the English line, with the feathers of arrows thrusting out from every crevice and joint of his armor.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By Saint James! said he, if ye fall this day ye fall by no mean hands, for the flower of the knighthood of Castile ride under the banner of Don Tello, with the chivalry of Asturias, Toledo, Leon, Cordova, Galicia, and Seville.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)