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Columba
[ kuh-luhm-buh ]
noun
, genitive Co·lum·bae [k, uh, -, luhm, -bee]
- 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
- 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
Columba
2/ kəˈlʌmbə /
noun
- as in Alpha Columbae. a small constellation in the S hemisphere south of Orion
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- Co·lumban adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Columba1
Latin, literally: dove
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Example Sentences
George P., whose mother Columba is from Mexico, is charged with wooing those voters back.
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Of the ancient church founded here by Columba, only the walls remain.
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Here was an early religious establishment which existed before the times of St. Columba.
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The biographer of Columba describes his followers as collecting wattles for the construction of their first edifice.
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It is certain that in Columba's era, the middle of the sixth century, books were written and used in Ireland.
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Columba sends the consecrated pebble, with a prescription that the water in which it is dipped is to be drunk.
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