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Saint Bernard

Noun

Meaning

a Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog

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Strange as the paradox seems, Saint Bernard and Lord Bacon, though looking at the world from opposite stand-points, agreed in this:- that the scholastic method was false and mischievous, and that the longer it was followed, the greater was its mischief. Henry Adams

The Virgin Mary is shooting milk into the eye of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux from her right breast which allegedly miraculously cured an eye affliction. Source: Internet

A Saint Bernard with perfect comedic timing. Source: Internet

Spanish ships visited the islands in the 16th century; the first written record of contact with the islands came with the sighting of Pukapuka by Spanish sailor Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira in 1595 who called it San Bernardo (Saint Bernard). Source: Internet

The influence of the Cistercian order grew very rapidly, owing much to Saint Bernard, and at the beginning of the 13th century the order had more than 500 houses. Source: Internet

Two mysterious men were spotted on a Minneapolis street leading away Bruno E, a Saint Bernard living with a tobacconist named James Elwin. Source: Internet

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