Thomas vs Mary - What's the difference?
thomas | mary |
(derogatory, Christianity) An infidel (in reference to the doubting Apostle).
An Apostle, best remembered for doubting the resurrection of Jesus.
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of biblical origin, popular since the 13th century.
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* 1941 Judith Kelly, Marriage is a Private Affair , Harper 1944, page 133:
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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 nouns the difference between thomas and mary
is that thomas is (derogatory|christianity) an infidel (in reference to the doubting apostle) while mary is (gay slang|chiefly|us) a male homosexual.As a proper noun thomas
is an apostle, best remembered for doubting the resurrection of jesus.thomas
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Noun
(es)Derived terms
* doubting ThomasProper noun
(en proper noun)- But Thomas , one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
- "Becky Thatcher. What's yours? Oh, I know. It's Thomas Sawyer."
- "That's the name they lick me by. I'm Tom when I'm good. You call me Tom, will you?"
- - - - goodness we scarcely have a name for the baby yet now all of you must take a vote, all of you, but let's have a nice simple name like Thomas' don't you think I hate elaborate names, do please all of you vote for ' Thomas ..."
Derived terms
* Tom, Tommy (pet forms) * (abbreviation)mary
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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.