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  • 41Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancratius — ), perhaps even the martyr was a descendant of this disciple of the Apostle of the Gentiles. Owing to the purely legendary character of these Acts, we cannot use them as an argument to aid in the controversy whether there were two Christians of… …

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  • 42Nereus Acosta — Juan Romeo Nereus Olaivar Acosta, popularly known as Neric Acosta, is a politician, academician, and political scientist in the Philippines. He is a former member of the Philippine House of Representatives, representing the first district of the… …

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  • 43Nereus —    A Christian at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutation (Rom. 16:15) …

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  • 44NEREUS —    the god of the Mediterranean Sea, the son of Pontus and Gaia, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereides, represented as a sage, venerable old man …

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  • 45Nereus — n. ancient Greek sea god, son of Gaia and Pontus, father of the Nereids (Greek Mythology) …

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  • 46Nereus — Ne•re•us [[t]ˈnɪər i əs, ˈnɪər yus[/t]] n. myt (in Greek myth) a sea god, the father of the Nereids …

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  • 47Nereus — /ˈnɪərius/ (say nearreeoohs) noun Greek Legend a sea god, the son of Gaea and the father of the Nereids …

  • 48Nereus —    From Greek mythology, the god known as the Old Man of the Sea. The sea referred to here is the Mediterranean Sea. His wife is Doris, a daughter of Ocean. They had fifty daughters called the Nereids. One of the Nereids is Thetis, the mother of… …

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  • 49Nereus — Ne|reus (griechischer Meergott) …

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  • 50Nereus — noun (Greek mythology) a sea god son of Pontus and Gaea; lived in the depths of the sea with his wife Doris and their daughters the Nereids • Topics: ↑Greek mythology • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Greek deity …

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