Definitions for road to damascus

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. road to Damascus(noun)

    a sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians)

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  1. road to Damascus(Noun)

    An important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs.

  2. Origin: From the Bible New Testament book Acts of the Apostles. Ch.9 Referring to the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, later known as the Apostle Paul, to Christianity while travelling to Damascus to persecute Christians.


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