Cornelius

Origin

From Latin Cornelius.

Full definition of Cornelius

Proper noun

1. .
• Authorized Version|Acts|10|1-2There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

Usage notes

Name of early Christian saints with a medieval cult in the Low Countries. The name has remained rather rare in English.

Cornelius has been used as an anglicization of Conchobhar in Ireland.

Related terms

• feminine form: Cornelia

Anagrams

• inclosure
• reclusion
• suriclone