James vs Mary - What's the difference?
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(biblical) The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
One of two Apostles, .
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popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
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* 1979 , Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, ISBN 0151239576, page 184:
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* 1821 Lord Byron, Don Juan : Canto the Fifth: IV:
* 1830 Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Cottage Names :
* 1905 , Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway , Mary is a Grand Old Name ( a song)
The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.
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The 19th sura (chapter) of the Quran
Any of several other women in the New Testament, notably Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha.
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(Ireland, dated) A middle name for a male, given in honour of the Virgin Mary.
As an adverb james
is .As a noun mary is
(gay slang|chiefly|us) a male homosexual.james
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(en proper noun) (Epistle of James)- Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James' the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; ' James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
- And Normans call me James' Fitz-' James . / Thus watch I o'er insulted laws, / Thus learn to right the injured cause.
- Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.
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(wikipedia Mary)Proper noun
(Marys)- I have a passion for the name of Mary , / For once it was a magic sound to me: / And still it half calls up the realm of fairy / Where I beheld what never was to be.
- Mary , which is as common as a white violet, and like that has something indestructibly sweet and simple, and fit for all wear, high or low, suits the cottage or the palace, the garden or the field, the pretty and the ugly, the old and the young;
- For it was Mary'; '''Mary''' / Plain as any name can be / But with propriety, society / Will say "Marie". / But it was '''Mary'''; ' Mary / Long before the fashions came / And there's something there that sounds so square / It's a grand old name.
- Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
- Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.