saint jude

Noun
  1. (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James;
    One of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless (synset 111114045)
    referred to in: new testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
    is an instance of:
    • apostle - (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
    • saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
    same as: judas, jude, st. jude, thaddaeus

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