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ST. NICHOLAS
• ST. NICHOLAS (noun)
The noun ST. NICHOLAS has 1 sense:
1. a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)
Familiarity information: ST. NICHOLAS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Nicholas; Saint Nicholas; St. Nicholas
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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