Lukan
See also: lukan
English
Alternative forms
- Lucan
Etymology
Luke + -an
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlukən/
Adjective
Lukan (comparative more Lukan, superlative most Lukan)
- (Christianity) Relating to Luke the Evangelist or to Luke-Acts.
- 1985, Williston Walker et al., A History of the Christian Church, 4 edition, page 107:
- In the structure of this rite (details of which varied from church to church), it is easy to discern the lineaments of the Lucan sequence of repentance, baptism, and laying-on of hands (though neither Tertullian nor Hippolytus is at any pains, as Luke apparently was, to separate the gift of the Spirit from the baptism proper).
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Coordinate terms
- Johannine
- Markan
- Matthean
- Pauline
- Petrine
Anagrams
- kulan
German
Alternative forms
- Lucan
Etymology
From Latin Lūcānus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈkaːn/
- Rhymes: -aːn
Proper noun
Lukan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Lukans)
- the Roman poet Lucan