St. Jude
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6.7
- proper noun
- /seɪnt dʒuːd/
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San Judas
- My prayers have been answered by St. Jude.
- St. Jude Children's Research
Examples
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Dear St. Jude, thank you for blessing me with promotion designation as HoD (Gas Marketing) and Manager (Gas Marketing), AZO on 01.04.2012.
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I promise, O blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor, to always honor you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you.
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On Thursday, 09.12.2010, Karishmaa was sent home by St. Jude with excellent health, growth, and weight gain.
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O Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles.
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19-Aug Petitions - mercy + St. Jude, please pray for the souls in Purgatory that they may enter Heaven quickly.
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Many people pray to St. Jude when facing situations that seem hopeless.
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As the patron saint of lost causes, St. Jude is often invoked during difficult times.
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In times of despair, she found comfort in asking St. Jude for help.
Synonyms
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7.1
An apostle and saint who people pray to for help in very bad situations
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8.5
One of Jesus' followers whom people pray to for hopeless problems
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One of Jesus's twelve followers whom people often ask for help in very difficult or hopeless situations
One of the twelve followers of Jesus often prayed to for help in desperate situations
A Christian saint who was one of Jesus' twelve followers and whom people pray to for help in desperate situations
Surface Forms
Morphology
St. + Jude
Knowing 'St.' as an abbreviation of 'Saint' and 'Jude' as a proper name lets a B1 learner infer that this refers to a saint called Jude (basic denotation is compositional). However, the culturally specific sense that he is traditionally invoked as the patron saint of lost or desperate causes is encyclopedic and not predictable from the constituents, so full meaning requires extra cultural knowledge.
Etymology
St. Jude was one of Jesus' twelve followers and became known for giving hope to people in very hard, hopeless situations. One popular story says that when a problem seemed impossible, people began to pray to him, and that is why St. Jude is now the saint people ask for help with 'lost or desperate causes'.