SAINT LAWRENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saint Lawrence mean? 

• SAINT LAWRENCE (noun)
  The noun SAINT LAWRENCE has 2 senses:

1. Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

2. a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic

  Familiarity information: SAINT LAWRENCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAINT LAWRENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Laurentius; Lawrence; Saint Lawrence; St. Lawrence

Instance hypernyms:

martyr (one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion)

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

Domain category:

Christian religion; Christianity (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Saint Lawrence; Saint Lawrence River; St. Lawrence; St. Lawrence River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Saint Lawrence" is a part of...):

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)