st. augustine
English Thesaurus
1. a resort city in northeastern Florida; the oldest city in the United States (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | city, metropolis, urban center, |
definition | : | a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | everglade state, fl, florida, sunshine state, |
definition | : | a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War (noun.location) |
2. (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430) (noun.person)
instance hypernym | : | church father, father, father of the church, |
definition | : | (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom (noun.person) |
instance hypernym | : | doctor, doctor of the church, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching (noun.person) |
instance hypernym | : | saint, |
definition | : | a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization (noun.person) |
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