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Polycarp

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Pol·y·carp  (pl-kärp), Saint a.d. 69?-155?.
Christian martyr. A student of the Apostle John, he was burned at the stake during a period of persecution of Christians in Smyrna.
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Noun1.Polycarp - Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155)
Saint Polycarp, St. Polycarp
martyr - one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
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For myself, I swear by the learned Polycarp that I have most ease with Hebrew, and after that perchance with Arabian.
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