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- proper noun A male
given name of mostlyhistorical use.
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Examples
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At some point, though it is unclear how or why, each had a mystical awakening and came to a simultaneous and mutual decision that eventually led them to be known as Cosmas the Moneyless and Damian the Silverless.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Judith Acosta 2011
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The two most prominent defenders of a flat earth were scholars from before the Middle Ages: Lactantius in the third century and Cosmas Indicopleustes in the sixth century.36 But at the time of Columbus, the spherical shape of the earth was in no way under discussion among scientists.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Ss. Cosmas and Damian are thought to have been physicians who were martyred in Cyr, Syria, around A.D. 287 during the Diocletian persecutions.
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The two most prominent defenders of a flat earth were scholars from before the Middle Ages: Lactantius in the third century and Cosmas Indicopleustes in the sixth century.36 But at the time of Columbus, the spherical shape of the earth was in no way under discussion among scientists.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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The two most prominent defenders of a flat earth were scholars from before the Middle Ages: Lactantius in the third century and Cosmas Indicopleustes in the sixth century.36 But at the time of Columbus, the spherical shape of the earth was in no way under discussion among scientists.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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The two most prominent defenders of a flat earth were scholars from before the Middle Ages: Lactantius in the third century and Cosmas Indicopleustes in the sixth century.36 But at the time of Columbus, the spherical shape of the earth was in no way under discussion among scientists.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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A sixth-century merchant-sailor who later adopted monasticism, Cosmas boasted a hopelessly literal mind.
Matt J. Rossano: How the Myth of the Flat-Earth Dogma Started the Religion-Science War 2010
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Unlike Lactantius, Cosmas 'ideas were too silly to condemn.
Matt J. Rossano: How the Myth of the Flat-Earth Dogma Started the Religion-Science War 2010
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Unlike Lactantius, Cosmas 'ideas were too silly to condemn.
Matt J. Rossano: How the Myth of the Flat-Earth Dogma Started the Religion-Science War 2010
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A sixth-century merchant-sailor who later adopted monasticism, Cosmas boasted a hopelessly literal mind.
Matt J. Rossano: How the Myth of the Flat-Earth Dogma Started the Religion-Science War 2010
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