Meaning of Adam | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
2. The day or night before an eve; two days or nights before a holiday, most commonly Christmas.
   US, humorous
3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. Original sin or human frailty.
   figuratively
5. Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
6. Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
7. First human and first nabi of Islam.
8. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
9. A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
10. A French surname originating as a patronymic.
11. A German surname originating as a patronymic.

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Examples

“And Adam called his wiues name Eue, because she was the mother of all liuing.”

“Say Goddeſs, what enſu'd when Raphael, / The affable Arch-angel, had forewarn'd / Adam by dire example to beware / Apoſtaſie,”

“In his tall stalwartness Adam Bede was a Saxon, and justified his name; but the jet-black hair, made the more noticeable by its contrast with the light paper cap, and the keen glance of the dark eyes that shone from under strongly marked, proninent, and mobile eyebrows, indicated a mixture of Celtic blood.”

“Since then I have deciphered some more of Adam’s hieroglyphics, and think he has now become sufficiently important as a public character to justify this publication.”

“What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word,”

“The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, a key lawmaker in Democrats’ congressional investigations into former President Donald Trump during his presidency.”

“And so it is written: The first man Adam was made a liuing soule, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”

“Second Adam from above, Reinstate us in thy love.”

“Inside were six-panelled doors, wide floor-boards, a curving colonial staircase, white Adam-period mantels, and a rear set of rooms three steps below the general level.”

“McIntyre's best pieces, such as the fireplace in the Otis house, managed to convey both an opulent warmth and a restrained elegance, and compares favorably with the artistic saturnalia of an Adam fireplace.”

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