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Barʹnabites (3 syl.)

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An Order of monks, so called because the church of St. Barnabas, in Milan, was given to them to preach in. They are also called “Canons of St. Paul,” because the original society made a point of reading St. Paul’s Epistles.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Barlaham
Barley
Barley-bree
Barley Cap
Barleycorn
Barley-mow
Barley Sugar
Barmecide
Barmecide’s Feast
Barnabas
Barnabites
Barnaby Lecturers
Barnaby Rudge
Barnacle
Barnacles
Barnacles
Barnardine
Barn-burners
Barnet
Barnwell (George)
Baro-Devel

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Barnabites