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Lukan

/ˈlukən/

Lukan adjective: relating to Luke the Evangelist or to Luke–Acts.

Adjective

Lukan (comparative more Lukan, superlative most Lukan)

  1. Relating to Luke the Evangelist or to Luke–Acts.
    • In the structure of this rite (details of which varied from church to church), it is easy to discern the lineaments of the Lucan sequence of repentance, baptism, and laying-on of hands (though neither Tertullian nor Hippolytus is at any pains, as Luke apparently was, to separate the gift of the...1985, Williston Walker et al., A History of the Christian Church, 4th edition, page 107

Forms of Lukan

comparativemore Lukan
superlativemost Lukan
alternative formLucan

Origin of Lukan

From Luke + -an.

Questions about Lukan

What does Lukan mean?
Lukan means relating to Luke the Evangelist or to Luke–Acts.
What part of speech is Lukan?
Lukan is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Lukan?
Lukan is pronounced /ˈlukən/.

Words near Lukan in the dictionary

  1. Luka
  2. Lukach
  3. Lukaches
  4. Lukacs
  5. Lukacses
  6. Lukan
  7. Lukang
  8. Lukas
  9. Lukashenka
  10. Lukashenkism
  11. Lukashenko

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