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Definition of 'Bede'

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Bede in British

(biːd )
noun
Saint, known as the Venerable Bede. ?673–735 ad, English monk, scholar, historian, and theologian, noted for his Latin Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731). Feast day: May 27 or 25
. Latin name: Baeda
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Bede in American

(bid ; bēd)
Saint( a.d. 673-735); Eng. historian & theologian: his day is May 27
: called the Venerable Bede
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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