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Hastings' NT Dictionary
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Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Serapion, Surnamed Sindonites
• Serapion, Surnamed Scholasticus
• Petrus, Surnamed Mongus
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Abaji, ben-Cajlil, Surnamed Nachmani
• Adrian, Surnamed Le Chartreux
• Anastasius, St. Surnamed Astric
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
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SUR'NAME, n. L. super and nomen.

1. An additional name a name or appellation added to the baptismal or christian name,and which becomes a family name. Surnames, with us, originally designated occupation, estate, place of residence, or some particular thing or event that related to the person. Thus William Rufus or red Edmund Ironsides Robert Smith,or the smith William Turner.

2. An appellation added to the original name.

My surname Coriolanus.