SAINT PAUL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saint Paul mean? 

• SAINT PAUL (noun)
  The noun SAINT PAUL has 2 senses:

1. (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle

2. capital of the state of Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river adjacent to Minneapolis; one of the Twin Cities

  Familiarity information: SAINT PAUL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAINT PAUL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Apostle of the Gentiles; Apostle Paul; Paul; Paul the Apostle; Saint Paul; Saul; Saul of Tarsus; St. Paul

Context example:

Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity

Instance hypernyms:

Apostelic Father; Apostle (any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people)

missionary; missioner (someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country)

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

Domain category:

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Capital of the state of Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river adjacent to Minneapolis; one of the Twin Cities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Minnesota; Saint Paul; St. Paul

Instance hypernyms:

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Holonyms ("Saint Paul" is a part of...):

Gopher State; Minn.; Minnesota; MN; North Star State (a midwestern state)

Holonyms ("Saint Paul" is a member of...):

Twin Cities (nickname for Saint Paul and Minneapolis)

 Context examples 

“By Saint Paul! there appear to be some very worthy and valiant persons among them,” observed Sir Nigel.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By Saint Paul! they are in two minds, and a bold rush may turn them.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By Saint Paul!” quoth Sir Nigel, “it is in my mind that they come too late, for I cannot see how we are to come down from this tower.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By Saint Paul! my mind misgives me as to what she saw at Twynham Castle.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nay, by Saint Paul! it were pity if so many brave men were drawn together, and no little deed of arms to come of it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“If that be sign of sin, then, by Saint Paul! I have much upon my soul,” said Sir Nigel, amid a general laugh.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By Saint Paul! I will not touch your gold,” cried Sir Nigel.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I have come for the king,” whispered Sir Nigel; “and, by Saint Paul! he must back with us or I must bide here.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By Saint Paul!” he cried, as Alleyne entered, “you are the man who will stand by me in this matter. I have been in sore need of you, Alleyne.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By Saint Paul!” said Sir Nigel, gazing with puckered eye down the valley, “there appear to be some very worthy people among them. What is this golden banner which waves upon the left?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)