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- noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament
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Examples
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* 4* Near this place the French laid out a town, and called it Jamestown; whence the name St. James ', Santee.
A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade William Dobein James 1801
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Tiago, or in English, St. James, as being consecrated unto the Apostle of that Name.
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But out of the blue, he called St. James head coach Billy Hurston one day and asked if Hurston needed any assistant coaches.
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"Things," Helen said with delicate irony on the word St. James had chosen, 'are looking rather remarkably detached, if you ask me. "
In the Presence of the Enemy George, Elizabeth 1996
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At the Dublin brewery, called St. James's Gate, few know what to think, other than that the economic situation is bound to worsen.
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In so far as the custom was founded on any particular text of Scripture, it may be considered to rest on the exhortation of St. James, which is cited by St. Boniface: "Pray for one another that ye may be saved, for the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
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So also it was called St. James's wort, either because that great warrior and saint was the patron of horses, or because it blossoms on his day, July 25th: sometimes also the plant has been styled St.mmer wort.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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King Charles still lived in Whitehall Palace, though he had another, of which you have heard, called St. James's Palace, in St. James's Park, quite near.
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Shakspere translated the Scriptures and it was called St. James because he did it.
What Is Man? and Other Essays Mark Twain 1872
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The spot now known as St. James's Park was once a dismal marshy field.
Westminster The Fascination of London A. Murray Smith 1868
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