Eusebius

Definitions

1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Εὐσέβιος (Eusébios).
2. One who is comparable to Eusebius of Caesarea; an ecclesiastic historian.
3. A thorough ecclesiastic history.

Equivalents

Examples

“Ye little Eusebiuses hide⟳ your diminished heads!”

“1994, Mark⟳ Greengrass, “Nicolas Pithou: experience⟳, conscience and history in the French civil wars” in Religion, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain: Essays in Honour of Patrick Collinson, eds. Anthony Fletcher and Peter Roberts, Cambridge University Press⟳ (digitally printed first paperback version, 2006), chapter 1, pages 1–2”

“The extreme Puritans had an impact of no less import on the publishing activities of their enemies. In their attempt⟳ to halt the progress⟳ of forms of religion and religious opinion that had gone far beyond their own⟳ goals, several Presbyterian divines produced carefully assembled accounts of the heresies of their own⟳ times – they were the Eusebiuses of their day, and their works are now major sources for the history of the period.”

“1957, James Stevenson (editor), A New Eusebius: Documents illustrative of the history of the Church to A.D. 337, SPCK, main title”

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