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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See Johannes.

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Examples

  • I do not see any reason why the word Joannes, or Joannas, should be here put for Jona; or why any should contend (as many do) that it should be the same with Joannas.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • Anastasius in Joannes Lydus de Magistratibus, iii.c. 45, 46, p. 230 — 232.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • It is thus that the Hebrew name Johanan became in Greek Joannes or Joannas.] [Footnote 2: John xviii.

    The Life of Jesus Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 1863

  • This is the correct reading of the "Joannes" mentioned by Halliwell-Phillipps as being buried in the same place so near the same date as September 25, 1589.

    Shakespeare's Family 1885

  • "Joannes" became "Alonzo," and the same lines were employed to celebrate the memory of his friend the Hon.

    Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • As much as I love the Gewurztraminer grape, I've never tasted a Traminette (a cross of Gewurzt with the French-American hybrid Joannes Seyve 23.416) that I cared for.

    McGregor Vineyard 2007 Traminette 2009

  • As much as I love the Gewurztraminer grape, I've never tasted a Traminette (a cross of Gewurzt with the French-American hybrid Joannes Seyve 23.416) that I cared for.

    LENNDEVOURS: 2009

  • Eminent [issimus] et Reverend [issimus] Joannes Henricus Newman

    Cardinal Newman at Birmingham: His Relics (Part 2 of 3) 2009

  • Decorated with chinoiserie scenes of musicians, it bears the charming inscription in Latin of its maker: "Ioannes Goermans Me Fecit Parisis 1754" Joannes Goermans made me in Paris, 1754.

    With All the Time in the World Mary Tompkins Lewis 2011

  • Decorated with chinoiserie scenes of musicians, it bears the charming inscription in Latin of its maker: "Ioannes Goermans Me Fecit Parisis 1754" Joannes Goermans made me in Paris, 1754.

    With All the Time in the World Mary Tompkins Lewis 2011

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