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Bede

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Bede  (bd) also Bae·da or Be·da (bd) Known as "the Venerable Bede." 673?-735.
Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian whose major work, Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation (731), written in Latin, remains an important source of ancient English history. He introduced the method of dating events from the birth of Christ.
Bede [biːd]
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(Biographies / Bede, Saint (?673-735) M, English, RELIGION: monk, MISC: scholar, HISTORY: historian, RELIGION: theologian) Saint, known as the Venerable Bede. ?673-735 Latin name Baeda
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Noun1.Bede - (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
Baeda, Beda, Saint Baeda, Saint Beda, Saint Bede, St. Baeda, St. Beda, St. Bede, the Venerable Bede
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
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Bede [biːd] N → Beda
the Venerable Bede → el venerable Beda


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And in these two monasteries Bede spent all the rest of his life.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
In his tall stalwartness Adam Bede was a Saxon, and justified his name; but the jet-black hair, made the more noticeable by its contrast with the light paper cap, and the keen glance of the dark eyes that shone from under strongly marked, prominent and mobile eyebrows, indicated a mixture of Celtic blood.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
Ballads, 'Beowulf,' Caedmon, Bede (Latin prose), Cynewulf.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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