Bede
[bedi]
Definition
(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735).
Checker: Tessie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To pray; also, to offer; to proffer.
(n.) A kind of pickax.
Checker: Thelma
Definition
Same as Bead
Checked by Bianca
Examples
- Most famous of all was Bede, known as the Venerable Bede (673-735), a monk of Jarrow (on Tyne). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Englishman Bede, one of the few writers of the time, records pestilences in England in 664, 672, 678, and 683, no fewer than four in twenty years! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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