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Susanna

[ soo-zan-uh ]

noun

  1. a book of the Apocrypha, constituting the 13th chapter of Daniel in the Douay Bible.
  2. Also Su·sannah. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “lily.”


Susanna

/ suːˈzænə /

noun

  1. the wife of Joachim, who was condemned to death for adultery because of a false accusation, but saved by Daniel's sagacity
  2. the book of the Apocrypha containing this story


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She Mattersby Susanna Sonnenberg The author collects female friends like kitchenware, but engineers many interpersonal collapses.

Scott Walker, Haley Barbour, Michael Steele, Susanna Martinez, and others have made similar remarks.

Susanna C. Larsson, et al. “Coffee Consumption and Risk of Stroke in Women.”

And when the people departed away at noon, Susanna went in, and walked in her husband's orchard.

But after the old men had spoken, the servants were greatly ashamed: for never had there been any such word said of Susanna.

The story of Tobias and the fish, and of Susanna and the elders, are also illustrated in this remarkable series of paintings.

Susanna was a sister of Miss Agnes Strickland, the authoress, and was as much a writer as herself.

We naturally wish to identify all the national dishes; so, "Is this cockle soup, Susanna?"

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