Paul

Definition: Paul

Paul

Noun

1. United States feminist (1885-1977).

2. (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an apostle; "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity".

"Paul" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "small", "little", "to be small", "humble".

Date "Paul" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definition
Bible	Paul =Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also given to him in infancy "for use in the Gentile world," as "Saul" would be his Hebrew home-name. He was a native of Tarsus, the capital of Cilicia, a Roman province in the south-east of Asia Minor. That city stood on the banks of the river Cydnus, which was navigable thus far; hence it became a centre of extensive commercial traffic with many countries along the shores of the Mediterranean, as well as with the countries of central Asia Minor. It thus became a city distinguished for the wealth of its inhabitants. Tarsus was also the seat of a famous university, higher in reputation even than the universities of Athens and Alexandria, the only others that then existed. Here Saul was born, and here he spent his youth, doubtless enjoying the best education his native city could afford. His father was of the straitest sect of the Jews, a Pharisee, of the tribe of Benjamin, of pure and unmixed Jewish blood (Acts 23:6; Phil. 3:5). We learn nothing regarding his mother; but there is reason to conclude that she was a pious woman, and that, like-minded with her husband, she exercised all a mother influence in moulding the character of her son, so that he could afterwards speak of himself as being, from his youth up, "touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless" (Phil. 3:6). We read of his sister and his sister's son (Acts 23:16), and of other relatives (Rom. 16:7, 11, 12). Though a Jew, his father was a Roman citizen. How he obtained this privilege we are not informed. "It might be bought, or won by distinguished service to the state, or acquired in several other ways; at all events, his son was freeborn. It was a valuable privilege, and one that was to prove of great use to Paul, although not in the way in which his father might have been expected to desire him to make use of it." Perhaps the most natural career for the youth to follow was that of a merchant. "But it was decided that...he should go to college and become a rabbi, that is, a minister, a teacher, and a lawyer all in one." According to Jewish custom, however, he learned a trade before entering on the more direct preparation for the sacred profession. The trade he acquired was the making of tents from goats' hair cloth, a trade which was one of the commonest in Tarsus. His preliminary education having been completed, Saul was sent, when about thirteen years of age probably, to the great Jewish school of sacred learning at Jerusalem as a student of the law. Here he became a pupil of the celebrated rabbi Gamaliel, and here he spent many years in an elaborate study of the Scriptures and of the many questions concerning them with which the rabbis exercised themselves. During these years of diligent study he lived "in all good conscience," unstained by the vices of that great city. After the period of his student-life expired, he probably left Jerusalem for Tarsus, where he may have been engaged in connection with some synagogue for some years. But we find him back again at Jerusalem very soon after the death of our Lord. Here he now learned the particulars regarding the crucifixion, and the rise of the new sect of the "Nazarenes." For some two years after Pentecost, Christianity was quietly spreading its influence in Jerusalem. At length Stephen, one of the seven deacons, gave forth more public and aggressive testimony that Jesus was the Messiah, and this led to much excitement among the Jews and much disputation in their synagogues. Persecution arose against Stephen and the followers of Christ generally, in which Saul of Tarsus took a prominent part. He was at this time probably a member of the great Sanhedrin, and became the active leader in the furious persecution by which the rulers then sought to exterminate Christianity. But the object of this persecution also failed. "They that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word." The anger of the persecutor was thereby kindled into a fiercer flame. Hearing that fugitives had taken refuge in Damascus, he obtained from the chief priest letters authorizing him to proceed thither on his persecuting career. This was a long journey of about 130 miles, which would occupy perhaps six days, during which, with his few attendants, he steadily went onward, "breathing out threatenings and slaughter." But the crisis of his life was at hand. He had reached the last stage of his journey, and was within sight of Damascus. As he and his companions rode on, suddenly at mid-day a brilliant light shone round them, and Saul was laid prostrate in terror on the ground, a voice sounding in his ears, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" The risen Saviour was there, clothed in the vesture of his glorified humanity. In answer to the anxious inquiry of the stricken persecutor, "Who art thou, Lord?" he said, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest" (Acts 9:5; 22:8; 26:15). This was the moment of his conversion, the most solemn in all his life. Blinded by the dazzling light (Acts 9:8), his companions led him into the city, where, absorbed in deep thought for three days, he neither ate nor drank (9:11). Ananias, a disciple living in Damascus, was informed by a vision of the change that had happened to Saul, and was sent to him to open his eyes and admit him by baptism into the Christian church (9:11-16). The whole purpose of his life was now permanently changed. Immediately after his conversion he retired into the solitudes of Arabia (Gal. 1:17), perhaps of "Sinai in Arabia," for the purpose, probably, of devout study and meditation on the marvellous revelation that had been made to him. "A veil of thick darkness hangs over this visit to Arabia. Of the scenes among which he moved, of the thoughts and occupations which engaged him while there, of all the circumstances of a crisis which must have shaped the whole tenor of his after-life, absolutely nothing is known. 'Immediately,' says St. Paul, 'I went away into Arabia.' The historian passes over the incident [comp. Acts 9:23 and 1 Kings 11:38, 39]. It is a mysterious pause, a moment of suspense, in the apostle's history, a breathless calm, which ushers in the tumultuous storm of his active missionary life." Coming back, after three years, to Damascus, he began to preach the gospel "boldly in the name of Jesus" (Acts 9:27), but was soon obliged to flee (9:25; 2 Cor. 11:33) from the Jews and betake himself to Jerusalem. Here he tarried for three weeks, but was again forced to flee (Acts 9:28, 29) from persecution. He now returned to his native Tarsus (Gal. 1:21), where, for probably about three years, we lose sight of him. The time had not yet come for his entering on his great life-work of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles. At length the city of Antioch, the capital of Syria, became the scene of great Christian activity. There the gospel gained a firm footing, and the cause of Christ prospered. Barnabas (q.v.), who had been sent from Jerusalem to superintend the work at Antioch, found it too much for him, and remembering Saul, he set out to Tarsus to seek for him. He readily responded to the call thus addressed to him, and came down to Antioch, which for "a whole year" became the scene of his labours, which were crowned with great success. The disciples now, for the first time, were called "Christians" (Acts 11:26). The church at Antioch now proposed to send out missionaries to the Gentiles, and Saul and Barnabas, with John Mark as their attendant, were chosen for this work. This was a great epoch in the history of the church. Now the disciples began to give effect to the Master's command: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." The three missionaries went forth on the first missionary tour. They sailed from Seleucia, the seaport of Antioch, across to Cyprus, some 80 miles to the south-west. Here at Paphos, Sergius Paulus, the Roman proconsul, was converted, and now Saul took the lead, and was ever afterwards called Paul. The missionaries now crossed to the mainland, and then proceeded 6 or 7 miles up the river Cestrus to Perga (Acts 13:13), where John Mark deserted the work and returned to Jerusalem. The two then proceeded about 100 miles inland, passing through Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Lycaonia. The towns mentioned in this tour are the Pisidian Antioch, where Paul delivered his first address of which we have any record (13:16-51; comp. 10:30-43), Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. They returned by the same route to see and encourage the converts they had made, and ordain elders in every city to watch over the churches which had been gathered. From Perga they sailed direct for Antioch, from which they had set out. After remaining "a long time", probably till A.D. 50 or 51, in Antioch, a great controversy broke out in the church there regarding the relation of the Gentiles to the Mosaic law. For the purpose of obtaining a settlement of this question, Paul and Barnabas were sent as deputies to consult the church at Jerusalem. The council or synod which was there held (Acts 15) decided against the Judaizing party; and the deputies, accompanied by Judas and Silas, returned to Antioch, bringing with them the decree of the council. After a short rest at Antioch, Paul said to Barnabas: "Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do." Mark proposed again to accompany them; but Paul refused to allow him to go. Barnabas was resolved to take Mark, and thus he and Paul had a sharp contention. They separated, and never again met. Paul, however, afterwards speaks with honour of Barnabas, and sends for Mark to come to him at Rome (Col. 4:10; 2 Tim. 4:11). Paul took with him Silas, instead of Barnabas, and began his second missionary journey about A.D. 51. This time he went by land, revisiting the churches he had already founded in Asia. But he longed to enter into "regions beyond," and still went forward through Phrygia and Galatia (16:6). Contrary to his intention, he was constrained to linger in Galatia (q.v.), on account of some bodily affliction (Gal. 4:13, 14). Bithynia, a populous province on the shore of the Black Sea, lay now before him, and he wished to enter it; but the way was shut, the Spirit in some manner guiding him in another direction, till he came down to the shores of the AEgean and arrived at Troas, on the north-western coast of Asia Minor (Acts 16:8). Of this long journey from Antioch to Troas we have no account except some references to it in his Epistle to the Galatians (4:13). As he waited at Troas for indications of the will of God as to his future movements, he saw, in the vision of the night, a man from the opposite shores of Macedonia standing before him, and heard him cry, "Come over, and help us" (Acts 16:9). Paul recognized in this vision a message from the Lord, and the very next day set sail across the Hellespont, which separated him from Europe, and carried the tidings of the gospel into the Western world. In Macedonia, churches were planted in Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea. Leaving this province, Paul passed into Achaia, "the paradise of genius and renown." He reached Athens, but quitted it after, probably, a brief sojourn (17:17-31). The Athenians had received him with cold disdain, and he never visited that city again. He passed over to Corinth, the seat of the Roman government of Achaia, and remained there a year and a half, labouring with much success. While at Corinth, he wrote his two epistles to the church of Thessalonica, his earliest apostolic letters, and then sailed for Syria, that he might be in time to keep the feast of Pentecost at Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Aquila and Priscilla, whom he left at Ephesus, at which he touched, after a voyage of thirteen or fifteen days. He landed at Caesarea, and went up to Jerusalem, and having "saluted the church" there, and kept the feast, he left for Antioch, where he abode "some time" (Acts 18:20-23). He then began his third missionary tour. He journeyed by land in the "upper coasts" (the more eastern parts) of Asia Minor, and at length made his way to Ephesus, where he tarried for no less than three years, engaged in ceaseless Christian labour. "This city was at the time the Liverpool of the Mediterranean. It possessed a splendid harbour, in which was concentrated the traffic of the sea which was then the highway of the nations; and as Liverpool has behind her the great towns of Lancashire, so had Ephesus behind and around her such cities as those mentioned along with her in the epistles to the churches in the book of Revelation, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. It was a city of vast wealth, and it was given over to every kind of pleasure, the fame of its theatres and race-course being world-wide" (Stalker's Life of St. Paul). Here a "great door and effectual" was opened to the apostle. His fellow-labourers aided him in his work, carrying the gospel to Colosse and Laodicea and other places which they could reach. Very shortly before his departure from Ephesus, the apostle wrote his First Epistle to the Corinthians (q.v.). The silversmiths, whose traffic in the little images which they made was in danger (see DEMETRIUS), organized a riot against Paul, and he left the city, and proceeded to Troas (2 Cor. 2:12), whence after some time he went to meet Titus in Macedonia. Here, in consequence of the report Titus brought from Corinth, he wrote his second epistle to that church. Having spent probably most of the summer and autumn in Macedonia, visiting the churches there, specially the churches of Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea, probably penetrating into the interior, to the shores of the Adriatic (Rom. 15:19), he then came into Greece, where he abode three month, spending probably the greater part of this time in Corinth (Acts 20:2). During his stay in this city he wrote his Epistle to the Galatians, and also the great Epistle to the Romans. At the end of the three months he left Achaia for Macedonia, thence crossed into Asia Minor, and touching at Miletus, there addressed the Ephesian presbyters, whom he had sent for to meet him (Acts 20:17), and then sailed for Tyre, finally reaching Jerusalem, probably in the spring of A.D. 58. While at Jerusalem, at the feast of Pentecost, he was almost murdered by a Jewish mob in the temple. (See TEMPLE, HEROD'S Â¯T0003611.) Rescued from their violence by the Roman commandant, he was conveyed as a prisoner to Caesarea, where, from various causes, he was detained a prisoner for two years in Herod's praetorium (Acts 23:35). "Paul was not kept in close confinement; he had at least the range of the barracks in which he was detained. There we can imagine him pacing the ramparts on the edge of the Mediterranean, and gazing wistfully across the blue waters in the direction of Macedonia, Achaia, and Ephesus, where his spiritual children were pining for him, or perhaps encountering dangers in which they sorely needed his presence. It was a mysterious providence which thus arrested his energies and condemned the ardent worker to inactivity; yet we can now see the reason for it. Paul was needing rest. After twenty years of incessant evangelization, he required leisure to garner the harvest of experience...During these two years he wrote nothing; it was a time of internal mental activity and silent progress" (Stalker's Life of St. Paul). At the end of these two years Felix (q.v.) was succeeded in the governorship of Palestine by Porcius Festus, before whom the apostle was again heard. But judging it right at this crisis to claim the privilege of a Roman citizen, he appealed to the emperor (Acts 25:11). Such an appeal could not be disregarded, and Paul was at once sent on to Rome under the charge of one Julius, a centurion of the "Augustan cohort." After a long and perilous voyage, he at length reached the imperial city in the early spring, probably, of A.D. 61. Here he was permitted to occupy his own hired house, under constant military custody. This privilege was accorded to him, no doubt, because he was a Roman citizen, and as such could not be put into prison without a trial. The soldiers who kept guard over Paul were of course changed at frequent intervals, and thus he had the opportunity of preaching the gospel to many of them during these "two whole years," and with the blessed result of spreading among the imperial guards, and even in Caesar's household, an interest in the truth (Phil. 1:13). His rooms were resorted to by many anxious inquirers, both Jews and Gentiles (Acts 28:23, 30, 31), and thus his imprisonment "turned rather to the furtherance of the gospel," and his "hired house" became the centre of a gracious influence which spread over the whole city. According to a Jewish tradition, it was situated on the borders of the modern Ghetto, which has been the Jewish quarters in Rome from the time of Pompey to the present day. During this period the apostle wrote his epistles to the Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians, and to Philemon, and probably also to the Hebrews. This first imprisonment came at length to a close, Paul having been acquitted, probably because no witnesses appeared against him. Once more he set out on his missionary labours, probably visiting western and eastern Europe and Asia Minor. During this period of freedom he wrote his First Epistle to Timothy and his Epistle to Titus. The year of his release was signalized by the burning of Rome, which Nero saw fit to attribute to the Christians. A fierce persecution now broke out against the Christians. Paul was siezed, and once more conveyed to Rome a prisoner. During this imprisonment he probably wrote the Second Epistle to Timothy, the last he ever wrote. "There can be little doubt that he appered again at Nero's bar, and this time the charge did not break down. In all history there is not a more startling illustration of the irony of human life than this scene of Paul at the bar of Nero. On the judgment-seat, clad in the imperial purple, sat a man who, in a bad world, had attained the eminence of being the very worst and meanest being in it, a man stained with every crime, a man whose whole being was so steeped in every nameable and unnameable vice, that body and soul of him were, as some one said at the time, nothing but a compound of mud and blood; and in the prisoner's dock stood the best man the world possessed, his hair whitened with labours for the good of men and the glory of God. The trial ended: Paul was condemned, and delivered over to the executioner. He was led out of the city, with a crowd of the lowest rabble at his heels. The fatal spot was reached; he knelt beside the block; the headsman's axe gleamed in the sun and fell; and the head of the apostle of the world rolled down in the dust" (probably A.D. 66), four years before the fall of Jerusalem. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Literature	Paul (St.). Patron saint of preachers and tentmakers. Originally called Saul. The name was changed in honour of Serigus Paulus, whom he converted. His symbol are a sword and open book, the former the instrument of his martyrdom, and the latter indicative of the new law propagated by him as the apostle of the Gentiles. He is represented of short stature, with bald head and grey, bushy beard. Born at Giscalis, a town of Judaea, from which he removed, with his parents, to Tarsus, of Cilicia. Tribe, that of Benjamin. Taught by Gamaliel. Beheaded by a sword in the fourteenth year of Nero. On the same day as Peter was crucified. Buried in the Ostian Way. (See Eusebius: Hicronymus.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Paul

Synonyms: Alice Paul (n), Apostle of the Gentiles (n), Apostle Paul (n), Paul the Apostle (n), Saint Paul (n), Saul (n), Saul of Tarsus (n), St Paul (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Borrowing	Raise money, take up money; raise the wind; fly a kite, borrow from Peter to pay Paul; run into debt; (debt).
Compensation	Noun: compensation, equation; commutation; indemnification; compromise; neutralization, nullification; counteraction; reaction; measure for measure. retaliation; equalization; robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Conversation	Gossip, tattler; Paul Pry; tabby; chatterer; (loquacity); interlocutor; (spokesman); conversationist, dialogist.
Curiosity	Inquirer; sightseer; quidnunc, newsmonger, Paul Pry, eavesdropper; gossip; (news); rubberneck; intellectual; seeker, seeker after truth.
Stealing	Rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul; set a thief to catch a thief.
Substitution	Verb: subs put in the place of, change for; make way for, give place to; supply the place of, take the place of; supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute; step into stand in the shoes of; jury rig, make a shift with, put up with; borrow from Peter to pay Paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize; commute, redeem, compound for.
Thief	Spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier; piqueerer, pickeerer; rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster; rapparee, wrecker, picaroon; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up, jackleg, kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man.
Wrong	Robbing Peter to pay Paul; Verb: the wolf and the lamb; vice.
	Do wrong; Noun: be inequitable; Adjective: favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell, give an inch and take an mile; rob Peter to pay Paul.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Paul

English words defined with "Paul": Apostle of the Gentiles, Apostle Paul ♦ Beatles, Bunyan ♦ capital of Syria, Charles Robert Redford, communal, Copley ♦ Damascus, Dawes ♦ fabled, Feast of Guardian Angels ♦ Gauguinesque, group ♦ John Copley, John Lennon, John Singleton Copley ♦ Lazarite, legendary, Lennon, Luke ♦ Maranatha, mighty ♦ Paul Bunyan, Paul the Apostle, Paulianist, Pauline, Paulist ♦ Redford, road to Damascus, Robert Redford ♦ Saint Luke, Saint Paul, Saul, Saul of Tarsus, St Luke, St. Martin ♦ Tahiti, To be beside one's self, To take a name in vain, Twin Cities ♦ Vincentian ♦ William Dawes. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Paul": Father Paul ♦ Paul and Virginia, Paul of the Cross, Paul Pry, Paul the Hermit ♦ Robbing Peter to pay Paul. (references)

Etymologies containing "Paul": Pauline. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Paul" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (Paul), Luxembourgish (Paul), Portuguese (marsh, moor, morass, moss, muskeg, quagmire, sough).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Was that really Paul Vitti (Analyze This; writing credit: Kenneth Lonergan; Peter Tolan) Paul Crewe (The Longest Yard; writing credit: Albert S. Ruddy; Tracy Keenan Wynn) Paul! (Werewolf; writing credit: Brad Hornbacher; Tony Zarindast) They won't let Paul in without a tie. (A Bit of a Do; writing credit: David Nobbs) There was Pope John if you remember, now there is Pope John Paul. The next Pope's gonna be John Paul George and we can see where they're going (Eddie Izzard: Circle; writing credit: Eddie Izzard)
Lyrics	'63 Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel) Now Paul is a real estate novelist ("Piano Man"; performing artist: Billy Joel) And the other to St. Paul (Leader Of The Band; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg)
Clever	When I would do good, evil is present with me. (references; author: Paul) That which I would I do not, and that which I would not that I do. (references; author: Paul)
Tongue Twisters	Paul, please pause for proper applause. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Die Legende von Paul und Paula (1974) Paul et Virginie (1974) Histoire de Paul (1974) The Ballad of Paul Bunyan (1973) James Paul McCartney (1973)
Song Titles	Diana (performing artist: Paul Anka) LOVE IS IN THE AIR (performing artist: JOHN PAUL YOUNG) The Girl Is Mine (performing artist: Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney) Hey Paula (performing artist: Paul and Paula) Adam And Eve (performing artist: Paul Anka)
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Domain	Title
References	Fromageries Paul Renard: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Paul Harris Stores, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) PAUL HARTMANN AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Paul Mueller Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Paul Predault S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Paul and the Irony of Affliction (reference) Wingspan: Paul McCartney's Band on the Run (reference) The Spirit of Solesmes: Dom Prosper Gueranger (1805-75): Abbess Cecile Bruyere (1845-1909): Dom Paul Delatte (1848-1937) (reference) Brother Cadfael's Penance: The 20th Chronicle of Brother Cadfael, Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter st Paul, at Shrewsbury (reference) Paul Verlaine: His Absinthe-Tinted Song (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Bulletin De La Societe Paul Claudel (reference) De Paul Law Review (reference) Minneapolis St Paul City Business Book Of Lists (reference) Mpls St Paul (reference) North American Paul Tillich Society Newsletter (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Paul Chek's Scientific Abdominal Training - Core Conditioning (reference) Paul Simon - Graceland (The African Concert) (reference) Beginning Rock Guitar - The Fun Approach with Paul Lidel (reference) Music of Paul Simon Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar (reference) Golf Psychology "The Pre-Shot Routine". Paul Jaure. Foreword by Jim McLean (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Peter, Paul And Mary (1st LP) (reference) Denisov: Sun Of The Incas/Three Pictures Of Paul Klee/Sur la Nappe D'un Etang Glacé/Chamber Symphony No.2 (reference) Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, August 15, 1991 [LIVE] (reference) Music of Chance: Jeff Gardner Plays Paul Auster (reference) A Paul Brandt Christmas: Shall I Play For You? (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Blues Guitar: Paul Black's Whiskey Cigarettes & Gumbo Loop Library (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Mark Paul Brad Double Bottle Wine Tote, Black (reference) Mark Paul 10-Ounce Hunters Leather Flask, Brown (reference) Mark Paul Dylan Single Bottle Wine Tote, Black (reference) Mark Paul Evan Single Bottle PVC Wine Tote (reference) Mark Paul Play Golf Flask Set (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Rep. Paul G. Rogers, chairman of the subcommittee, summed up the hearings at RPMI (Roswell Park Memorial Institute), to pass the National Cancer Act of 1971. Hearings were held on October 11, 1971. He felt that it was symbolic to hold hearings for the National Cancer Act at the oldest cancer research institute in the world. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Paul Marks is now President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering (1988). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	"Paul Trap" (movie) by Thomas Leisner. The droplet in the center is oscillating. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A or B.		Paul King and the Vought VE-7. Credit: NASA.
	Apollo 11 Astronauts Receive a Papal Audience by Pope Paul VI. Credit: NASA.		Paul Smith at alidade Off of SURVEYOR. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Crossing Amargosa River after spring rains Level crew of Paul Taylor. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Looking toward Tolstoi Rookery on St. Paul Island. F&WS 10,010. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	Eskimos visiting at Paul Evanoff's house. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Foreground - l to r - Marv Paulsen, Junius Jarman, Paul Mears. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
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Author	Quotation
Elliot Paul.	Patience makes a woman beautiful in middle age.
Jean Paul Richter	The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.
	Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.
	Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.
	Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
John Heywood	To Rob Peter and pay Paul.
John Paul Jones	Whoever can surprize well must conquer.
Paul	When I would do good, evil is present with me.
Paul Gauguin	Art is either a revolutionist or a plagiarist.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	When she took the vows of St. Vincent de Paul, she had taken the name of Simplice by especial choice
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Now by Saint Paul I swear I will not dine until I see the same
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Paul, Newark, Boston, Detroit, New Orleans, and San Diego. (references)
		Paul, Philadelphia, Seattle, Dallas, and many rural regions of the country. (references)
		Paul and St. Louis, where they accounted for approximately 2 percent of total admissions. (references)
Business		Mainly European architects such as Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Jan Nouvelle, Ove Arup, Paul Andrew, and Renzo Piano are competing with U.S. architects. (references)
		Several well known brands are present in Poland, mostly from Italian, German and French manufacturers (e.g. bata, Salamander, Sergio Rossi, Armando Pollini, Charles Jourdan, Romano Mazzante, Fratelli Rossetti, Colette, Galizio, Toressi, Gianrico Meri, Paul Tissi, Marino Fabiani, Guliano Venzani, Scholl, Hogl, Gabor, Lloyd, Rieker, Helix, Remonte, Dorndorf and others). (references)
Civil Liberties	Cuba	In 1998 following Pope John Paul II's visit, the country's Roman Catholic bishops called on the Government to recognize the Catholic Church's role in civil society and the family, as well as in the temporal areas of work, the economy, the arts, and the scientific and technical worlds. (references)
	Ukraine	President Kuchma issued an official invitation to Pope John Paul II to visit, despite criticism by the Moscow Patriarchate. (references)
	Armenia	On September 25, Pope John Paul II arrived in Yerevan for a 3-day visit. (references)
Economic History	Germany	Nazi support expanded rapidly in the early 1930s. Hitler was asked to form a government as Reich Chancellor in January 1933. After President Paul von Hindenburg died in 1934, Hitler assumed that office as well. (references)
	The Holy See	Pope John Paul II, born in Poland, is the first non-Italian Pope in nearly five centuries. (references)
	The Holy See	Elected on October 16, 1978, he succeeded John Paul I, whose reign was limited by his untimely death to only 34 days. (references)
Human Rights	Cameroon	There were no developments in the following 2000 cases: The October killing of Paul Petchucke, a taxicab driver, by Paul Essoh, a soldier who remained in detention pending trial at year's end; the May killing of Laurent Abbe by Bahiba, a police officer who remained in detention pending trial at year's end; and the April beating to death of Emmanuel Ebanda by three police officers, who remained in detention pending trial at year's end. (references)
	Rwanda	The Governments of Mali, Benin, and Swaziland have agreements with the ICTR to accept prisoners convicted by the ICTR, and on December 9, the first prisoners, former Prime Minister Jean Kambanda, Jean Paul Akayesu, Alfred Musema, and Clement Kayishema who were sentenced to life in prison; Obed Ruzindana who was sentenced to 25 years; and Omar Serushago who was sentenced to 15 years, were transferred to the U.N. Detention Facility in Bamako, Mali, where they will serve their sentences. (references)
	Chad	On May 19, two soldiers killed Jean Paul Kimtolnan, a sentry working for the nongovernmental organization (NGO) World Vision, in the southern city of Doba. (references)
Political Economy	Mauritius	Sir Anerood Jugnauth became Prime Minister while Paul Berenger was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. (references)
	Cameroon	In 1997 CPDM leader Paul Biya won reelection as President in an election boycotted by the three main opposition parties, marred by a wide range of procedural flaws, and generally considered by observers not to be free and fair. (references)
	Mauritius	Following elections in September 2000, the ruling Labor government was replaced by an alliance of the Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM), led by Sir Anerood Jugnauth, and the Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM), led by Paul Berenger. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Paul, Minnesota, wanted to do right by his son, and he got the help to do it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Paul" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.91% of the time. "Paul" is used about 11,398 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)	99.91%	11,388	815
Noun (singular)	0.08%	9	117,287
Total	100.00%	11,398	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Paul" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names repo

Paul

Definition: Paul

Paul

Noun

Specialty Definition: Paul

Specialty Definition: Paul Atreides

Paul I of Constantinople

Paul McCartney

Paul of Greece

Paul of Russia

Paul of Samosata

Paul of Tarsus

Paul Sabatier

Paul, Idaho

Geography

Demographics

Saint Paul

Synonyms: Paul

Synonyms within Context: Paul

Borrowing

Compensation

Conversation

Curiosity

Stealing

Substitution

Thief

Wrong

Crosswords: Paul

Modern Usage: Paul

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Tongue Twisters

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Paul

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Paul

Photos:Paul

Illustrations:Paul

Computer Images:Paul

Photo Album: Paul

Digital Photo Gallery: Paul

Familiar Quotations: Paul

Elliot Paul.

Jean Paul Richter

John Heywood

John Paul Jones

Paul

Paul Gauguin

Use in Literature: Paul

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Non-Fiction Usage: Paul

Speeches: Paul

Bill Clinton

Usage Frequency: Paul

Name Usage Frequency: Paul

Photos:
Paul

Illustrations:
Paul

Computer Images:
Paul