JOHN THE BAPTIST Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the phrase john the baptist. (close relations)
Definition of JOHN THE BAPTIST
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apostle | nounn | |||||||
noun • any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people • an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform • (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel | ||||||||
forerunner | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who goes before or announces the coming of another • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone • anything that precedes something similar in time | ||||||||
harbinger | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone verb • foreshadow or presage | ||||||||
herald | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • (formal) a person who announces important news • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone verb • foreshadow or presage • praise vociferously • greet enthusiastically or joyfully | ||||||||
precursor | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) • a person who goes before or announces the coming of another • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | ||||||||
prophet | nounn | |||||||
noun • an authoritative person who divines the future • someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God | ||||||||
saint | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization • person of exceptional holiness • model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal verb • hold sacred • declare (a dead person) to be a saint | ||||||||
st. john the baptist | nounn | |||||||
noun • (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome |