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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital of Antigua and Barbuda, on the northern coast of Antigua in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies.
  • The capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the eastern coast of Newfoundland on the Avalon Peninsula. It was founded as an English colony in 1583 and grew as a fishing port.

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  • proper noun The provincial capital of Newfoundland, Canada.

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Examples

  • Whatever happened, it's clear that Saint John's has forgotten the principles that once informed the idealism of Eugene McCarthy, who believed that a university is to be an arena for the free expression of all views and that even those ideas which do not comport to orthodoxy must be heard in order to be understood.

    Kitty Kelley: Smudging a Senator's Legacy 2010

  • The answer is, Saint John's Wort is named for John the Baptist since it's often harvested around the feast of Saint John the Baptist on June 24.

    CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2004 2004

  • Also you have to be patient with Saint John's Wort.

    CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2004 2004

  • FIRFER: We know Saint John's Wort has been used for sleep disorders.

    CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2004 2004

  • And a very simple reason for that is a patient from Saint John's Rehab Hospital was transferred there on the 15th of May, so in fact, there are procedures in effect over there, and if you flip over to the rear of the press release, you will notice that the neurosurgery unit for now is closed to new admissions, and staff who have had contact with this particular patient are in isolation as appropriate.

    CNN Transcript May 24, 2003 2003

  • There is a quite possibility that individuals who visited Saint John's, the emergency room of North York (ph) General may have been exposed to the virus, and so, very clearly, I gave you the dates a few moments ago for your viewers, readers and listeners to take into account and follow the public health directions that we have given.

    CNN Transcript May 24, 2003 2003

  • I heard him read once from Saint John's Gospel, and speak on what he read.

    The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989

  • I heard him read once from Saint John's Gospel, and speak on what he read.

    The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989

  • The lot for it was purchased in April, 1829, but the founders for a year or two previous to that had been worshipping in the Presbyterian Church building, Saint John's or the Lancastrian schoolroom.

    A Portrait of Old George Town Grace Dunlop Peter

  • It is always to be remembered, that Saint John's Church thus consecrated and set apart to the worship of Almighty God, is by the act of consecration thus performed, separated from all worldly and unhallowed uses, and to be considered sacred to the service of the _Holy and undivided Trinity_.

    The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various

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