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Columba
[ kuh-luhm-buh ]
noun
- Saint, a.d. 521–597, Irish missionary in Scotland.
- Also called Columba Noae [noh, -ee]. Astronomy. the Dove, or Noah's Dove, a southern constellation between Caelum and Canis Major.
Columba
1/ kəˈlʌmbə /
noun
- as in Alpha Columbae. a small constellation in the S hemisphere south of Orion
Columba
2/ kəˈlʌmbə /
noun
- Columba, Saint?521597MIrishRELIGION: missionaryRELIGION: saint Saint. ?521–597 ad , Irish missionary: founded the monastery at Iona (563) from which the Picts were converted to Christianity. Feast day: June 9
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- Co·lumban adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Columba1
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Example Sentences
George P., whose mother Columba is from Mexico, is charged with wooing those voters back.
Of the ancient church founded here by Columba, only the walls remain.
Here was an early religious establishment which existed before the times of St. Columba.
The biographer of Columba describes his followers as collecting wattles for the construction of their first edifice.
It is certain that in Columba's era, the middle of the sixth century, books were written and used in Ireland.
Columba sends the consecrated pebble, with a prescription that the water in which it is dipped is to be drunk.
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