Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Companion of Saint Paul who is traditionally credited with having written the third Gospel of the New Testament as well as the Acts of the Apostles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Slightly warm; lukewarm; tepid.
- A Middle English or dialectal form of
look .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Moderately warm; not hot; tepid; lukewarm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A male
given name . - proper noun Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the
Acts of the Apostles . - proper noun biblical The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the
New Testament of theBible . Traditionally the third of the fourgospels . - proper noun A patronymic
surname .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
- noun one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life
Etymologies
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Examples
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A montage: Guri faces LUKE SKYWALKER in Xizor’s castle, Luke holds his light saber at the ready.
Adventures in Comic Book Land Steve Perry 2010
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A montage: Guri faces LUKE SKYWALKER in Xizor’s castle, Luke holds his light saber at the ready.
Archive 2010-07-01 Steve Perry 2010
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On the first page, under “If found, please return to,” the name Luke Sweet was written in a childish hand, with one Santa Cruz address crossed out and another penciled in.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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On the first page, under “If found, please return to,” the name Luke Sweet was written in a childish hand, with one Santa Cruz address crossed out and another penciled in.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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On the first page, under “If found, please return to,” the name Luke Sweet was written in a childish hand, with one Santa Cruz address crossed out and another penciled in.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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On the first page, under “If found, please return to,” the name Luke Sweet was written in a childish hand, with one Santa Cruz address crossed out and another penciled in.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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Clarys mothers friendor whatever he is, reallygoes by the name Luke Garroway, Jace finished finally.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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Clarys mothers friendor whatever he is, reallygoes by the name Luke Garroway, Jace finished finally.
The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007
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As the same angel appears to have been employed on all these high occasions -- and most likely he to whom in Luke is given the name of "Gabriel," Lu 1: 19, 26 -- perhaps it should in every instance except the first, be rendered "the angel."
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But many Americans consider him something of an under-achiever, one writer even coining the phrase 'Luke Donald Disease' for any British player making a ton of money without winning.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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