ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

• ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA (noun)
  The noun ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA has 1 sense:

1. Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556)

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

• ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ignatius of Loyola; Loyola; Saint Ignatius of Loyola; St. Ignatius of Loyola

Instance hypernyms:

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

theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)

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)