paul
IPA: pˈɔɫ
Root Word: Paul
noun
- In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
- A male given name from Latin of biblical origin.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A place name:
- An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States, named after Paul the Apostle.
- A city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
- A village south of Newlyn, Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4627).
- A municipality on Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
- An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
- Archaic form of pawl (“mechanical device”). [A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.]
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Examples of "paul" in Sentences
- However, Paul sternly warns the boy.
- Both of Pauling's prizes were unshared.
- Here Paul rebuked Peter for dissimulation.
- Allen was the boatswain of John Paul Jones.
- Paul's body infects the water in the stream.
- Paul Carpenter is the protagonist of the book.
- Paul disturbed him with a magniloquent shouting.
- Paul supports the legalization of medical marijuana.
- Paul was concerned because of the infancy of the church.
- At the time it was equipped with the Boulton Paul Defiant.
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