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Definition of: Matthew
(math′y)
A masculine personal name. Also Lat. Mat·thae·us (mə·thē′əs, Dan. (mä·tā′əs), Ger., Sw. Mat·thä·us (mä·tā′s), Du. Mat·the·us (mä·tā′əs), Ital. Mat·te·o (mät·tā′ō). [<Hebrew, gift of God]
—Matthew
One of the Twelve Apostles, author of the first Gospel; also, the Gospel by him. Also Saint Matthew.
—Matthew of Paris,
1200–59?, English monk and chronicler.
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