doubting Thomas

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doubt·ing Thomas

(dou′tĭng)

One who is habitually doubtful.

[After Saint Thomaswho doubted Jesus's resurrection until he had proof of it.]

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doubting Thomas

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a person who insists on proof before he or she will believe anything; sceptic

[after Thomas (the apostle), who did not believe that Jesus had been resurrected until he had proof]

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doubt′ing Thom′as

a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic. John 20:24–29.

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Noun	1.	doubting Thomas - the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle, Thomas
	2.	doubting Thomas - someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place) doubter, sceptic, skeptic - someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

doubting Thomas

noun

One who habitually or instinctively doubts or questions:

doubter, nonbeliever, skeptic, unbeliever.

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doubting Thomas

n → ungläubiger Thomas

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Two years before, Lockwood had heard Bell lecture in Chickering Hall, New York, and was a "doubting Thomas." But a closer study of the telephone transformed him into an enthusiast.

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I say me, I want to be the doubting Thomas, I na want to only see paper.

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Faith, Gender, and the Senses in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art

The topic is addressed for the most part chronologically.The first chapter provides a brief historical survey of images of Saints Mary Magdalene and Thomas--the Noli me tangere and Doubting Thomas episodes, in particular--from late antiquity through the Byzantine period, and up to the late medieval period.

Benay, Erin E., and Lisa M. Rafanelli, Faith, Gender and the Senses in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art: Interpreting the 'Noli me tangere' and Doubting Thomas

On a bus on a sticky, hot June day, in 2010, Doubting Thomas was at it again, disbelieving his best friend, Eric's, story about the eight-horse accumulator bet that nearly won him a million.

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Baney the historical data to ground her investigation of Caravaggio's Doubting Thomas in the contemporary devotions to the saint's celebrated relic, namely, the finger St.

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In his speech on November 23 HRH the Premier hit the nail on the head, for all doubting Thomas's, their known financiers and supporters of anarchy hiding under the guise of human rights promotion and askew political parties, harbouring devious agendas, some even bordering on treason.

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