Luke, Gospel of Luke, Gospel According to Luke
(noun) one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus’s birth and early life
Luke, Saint Luke, St. Luke
(noun) (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Luke
A male given name from Latin Lucas, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς or a shortened form of Lucius.
Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
(biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
An English patronymic surname, a variant of Luck.
An Irish patronymic surname, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
A village in ÄŚajniÄŤe, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Tartu, Estonia.
A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
A village in Moravica district, Serbia.
A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke.
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(rare) lukewarm
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Source: Wiktionary
Luke, a. Etym: [Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wlæc warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew.]
Definition: Moderately warm; not hot; tepid.
– Luke"ness, n. [Obs.] Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2024
(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
