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IGNATIUS

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IGNATIUS (noun)
  The noun IGNATIUS has 1 sense:

1. bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110)play

  Familiarity information: IGNATIUS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


IGNATIUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ignatius; Saint Ignatius; St. Ignatius

Instance hypernyms:

bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)


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