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Damien

[ dey-mee-uhn; French da-myan ]

noun

  1. Father Jo·seph de Veu·ster, [zhaw-, zef, --d, uh, -v, œ, -, ster], 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.


Damien

/ damjɛ̃ /

noun

  1. DamienJoseph, Father18401889MBelgianRELIGION: missionary Joseph (ʒozɛf), known as Father Damien. 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the leper colony at Molokai, Hawaii
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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You and Damien Hirst are both great title people, I observed.

And in April, a Florida pastor named Kevin Sutherland was convicted of trying to sell fraudulent Damien Hirst paintings.

Taxidermy also put Damien Hirst on the map, and Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is famous for his arresting taxidermy horses.

Damien Hirst suspended sharks and cows in formaldehyde, but Tracey Emin had “the bed.”

We have Damien Chazelle at the beginning of his career with Whiplash.

It may be thought that Father Damien's heart sank when he reached the island.

Damien believed his own religion with the simplicity of a peasant or a child; as I would I could suppose that you do.

The words, roughly carved, were traced on the east wall of the cabin and under a picture of Father Damien.

At this time, the young Belgian missionary, Father Damien, undertook to assume spiritual charge over the lepers.

Of old Damien, whose weaknesses and worse perhaps I heard fully, I think only the more.

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