| NOUN | person | John the Baptist, St. John the Baptist | (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized) |
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| Meaning | (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome. | |
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| Synonym | St. John the Baptist | |
| Category | New Testament | The collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation |
| Instance of | hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte | One who lives in solitude |
| saint | A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization | |
| Spanish | Juan Bautista | |
| Catalan | John the Baptist | |
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