SAINT ANDREW

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• SAINT ANDREW (noun)
  The noun SAINT ANDREW has 1 sense:

1. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland

  Familiarity information: SAINT ANDREW used as a noun is very rare.

• SAINT ANDREW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Andrew; Saint Andrew; Saint Andrew the Apostle; St. Andrew

Instance hypernyms:

Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)

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)

 Context examples 

“By Saint Andrew! I wish that I may never set eyes upon the water of Leith again, if I pluck my horse's bridle ere I have seen this camp of theirs.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So saying, the prince turned his back upon the King of Spain, and springing upon his horse, rode slowly homewards to the Abbey of Saint Andrew's.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)