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chrysostom
/ˈkɹɪsəstəm/
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What does chrysostom mean?
proper noun
- The epithet of John Chrysostom, Dio Chrysostom and several other people, given to them for their eloquence.
- A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of rare usage.
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/ˈkɹɪsəstəm/
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/kɹɪˈsɑs.təm/
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Of all these writings those of Hilary, Basil, Ambrose, Chrysostom, Jerome, and the great Augustine were most popular.
To a kiss from the Virgin Mother of Christ, legend says, St. Chrysostom owed his "golden mouth."
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St. John Chrysostom insisted that it was an evidence of consummate intelligence.
Among others, St. John Chrysostom speaks of men who execute movements on inclined ropes at unheard-of heights.
Almost all the ancients had the bad taste to speak ill of women; among the rest even that delightful old Father 'of the golden mouth,' St Chrysostom.(94) So that, evidently, Dr Johnson's fierce dictum cannot apply universally--'Only scoundrels speak ill of women.'