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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Greek theologian who founded a school of Christian philosophy at Rome and wrote the Apology and the Dialogue.

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  • proper noun A male given name. Popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.

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Name of early saints, Latin Iustinus, a derivative of Iustus, from iustus ("just").

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