luke

English Thesaurus

1. one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life (noun.communication)

instance hypernym	:	book,
definition	:	a major division of a long written composition (noun.communication)

instance hypernym	:	evangel, gospel, gospels,
definition	:	the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	new testament,
definition	:	the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible (noun.communication)

domain member category	:	abraham's bosom, bosom of abraham,
definition	:	the place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death (noun.cognition)

domain member category	:	magnificat,
definition	:	(Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum') (noun.communication)

2. (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	apostelic father, apostle,
definition	:	any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	evangelist,
definition	:	(when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	saint,
definition	:	a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization (noun.person)

domain category	:	new testament,
definition	:	the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible (noun.communication)