Athanasius

Definition: Athanasius

Athanasius

Noun

1. Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism (293-373).

"Athanasius" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "immortal", "death".

Date "Athanasius" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)

Synonyms: Athanasius

Synonyms: Athanasius the Great (n), Saint Athanasius (n), St Athanasius (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Athanasius

English words defined with "Athanasius": Athanasian, Athanasianism. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Athanasius": Councils ♦ Fathers of the Greek Church ♦ Isidorian Decretals ♦ Reynard the Fox. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Athanasius

Domain	Title
Books	Studia Patristica. Vol. XXVI -- Liturgica, Second Century, Alexandria before Nicaea, Athanasius and the Arian Controversy (reference) The Ecstatic Journey: Athanasius Kircher in Baroque Rome (reference) Early Christian Fathers: A Selection from the Writings of the Fathers from St. Clement of Rome to St. Athanasius (reference) Festal Letters Of Athanasius (reference) Church reform in the late Byzantine Empire : a study of the patriarchate of Athanasius of Constantinople, 1289-1293, 1303-1309 (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Athanasius

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The Gulf Stream by Athanasius Kircher From "Mundus Subterraneus". Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		P. Athanasius Kircherus Fuldensis E Societate. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Athanasius

Author	Quotation
St. Athanasius	Jesus whom I know as my Redeemer cannot be less than God.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Athanasius

"Athanasius" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Athanasius" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	8	124,375

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Athanasius

"Athanasius" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "immortal", "death".

The following table summarizes names related to "Athanasius."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Athanas	Male	Ancient Greek	Athanasius
Athanasios	Male	Ancient Greek	Athanasius
Athanasia	Female	Ancient Greek (Latinized)	Athanasius
Athanasius	Male	Ancient Greek (Latinized)	N/A
Athanasia	Female	Greek	Athanasius
Athanasios	Male	Greek	Athanasius
Afanasi	Male	Russian	Athanasius
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Athanasius

Expressions using "Athanasius": Athanasius the Great ♦ Saint Athanasius ♦ St Athanasius. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Athanasius

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
athanasius	23
athanasius kircher	17
st athanasius	9
saint athanasius	4
athanasius st statue	3
athanasius creed	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Athanasius

Language		Translations for "Athanasius"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		Αθανάσιοσ. (various references)

Pig Latin		athanasiusay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Athanasius

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-h-i-n-s-s-t-u"
	-2 letters: shaitans.
	-3 letters: astasia, issuant, shaitan, shantis, shiatsu, sustain.
	-4 letters: asanas, hansas, haunts, hiatus, saints, satins, saunas, shanti, shunts, snaths, stains, suints, tussah, unhats.
	-5 letters: antas, antis, asana, assai, aunts, hansa, hants, haunt, hints, hists, hunts, nisus, sains, saint, saith, sasin, satin, satis, sauna, shins, shist, shuns, shunt, shuts, sinhs, sinus, situs, snash, snath, snits.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-h-i-n-s-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: euthanasias.
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