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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (noun)
  The noun ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI has 1 sense:

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

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


English dictionary: Word details


ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (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)


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