Prester John
a legendary Christian monk and potentate of the Middle Ages, supposed to have had a kingdom in some remote part of Asia or Africa and associated with fabulous narratives of travel.
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This emperor Prester John is a Christian, and a great part of his country also; but they have not all the articles of our faith.
Early Travels in Palestine | Arculf et al.But I first made a copy of all that relates to Prester John, himself a paradox.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) | Augustus De MorganThis empire is known by the name of the kingdom of Prester-John.
A Voyage to Abyssinia | Jerome LoboOtto tells us that Prester John had “a sceptre of emeralds.”
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama | E. Cobham BrewerThis Emperor Prester John hath evermore seven kings with him to serve him, and they depart their service by certain months.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville | John Mandeville
British Dictionary definitions for Prester John
/ (ˈprɛstə) /
a legendary Christian priest and king, believed in the Middle Ages to have ruled in the Far East, but identified in the 14th century with the king of Ethiopia
Origin of Prester John
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