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Barnabas

[ bahr-nuh-buhs ]

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the surname of the Cyprian Levite Joseph, a companion of Paul on his first missionary journey.


Barnabas

/ ˈbɑːnəbəs /

noun

  1. original name Joseph . a Cypriot Levite who supported Saint Paul in his apostolic work (Acts 4:36, 37). Feast day: June 11


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At St. Barnabas Hospital, Pellerano was listed in stable condition with wounds to his chest and arm.

He obtained a sight of St. Barnabas's Epistle, of which he was so desirous; but he had not the satisfaction to see it printed.

As is well known, my first act on being restored to health was to resign the assistant rectorship of St. Barnabas'.

The saint usually invoked on these occasions was St. Barnabas.

The joy of those first two weeks at St. Barnabas had departed.

In point of fact it is altogether a separate church served by the Vicar of St. Barnabas and his curates.

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