ST. FRANCIS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does St. Francis mean? 

• ST. FRANCIS (noun)
  The noun ST. FRANCIS has 2 senses:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)

2. a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas

  Familiarity information: ST. FRANCIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ST. FRANCIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Francis of Assisi; Giovanni di Bernardone; Saint Francis; Saint Francis of Assisi; St. Francis; St. Francis of Assisi

Instance hypernyms:

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

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Derivation:

Franciscan (of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Saint Francis; Saint Francis River; St. Francis; St. Francis River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("St. Francis" is a part of...):

AR; Ark.; Arkansas; Land of Opportunity (a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)