st. john the apostle

Questions about st. john the apostle

What does st. john the apostle mean?

st. john the apostle means "(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation".

What is another word for st. john the apostle?

Close synonyms include John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, John the Evangelist. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is st. john the apostle a common word?

st. john the apostle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.