English Explanatory Dictionary

Gadarene swine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A herd of swine that become possessed by demons after the latter are exorcised from men, in a parable told in each of the Synoptic Gospels, although not the Gospel of John.

Word forms

Gadarene swine
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