Thomas vs Riley - What's the difference?
thomas | riley |
(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:
A city in Oklahoma
A city in West Virginia
of (etyl) origin, variant of Reilly.
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A manufacurer of British motorcars (1907-1969) named after William Riley Jr.
, transferred use of the surnames since the nineteenth century.
used since the 1990s.
As proper nouns the difference between thomas and riley
is that thomas is an Apostle, best remembered for doubting the resurrection of Jesus while Riley is {{surname|from=Irish}} of Irish origin, variant of Reilly.As a noun Thomas
is an infidel in reference to the doubting Apostle.thomas
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* 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 ..."