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ST. PAUL
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capital of the state of Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river adjacent to Minneapolis; one of the Twin Cities
Synonyms:
capital of Minnesota; Saint Paul; St. Paul
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)
Holonyms ("St. Paul" is a part of...):
Gopher State; Minn.; Minnesota; MN; North Star State (a midwestern state)
Holonyms ("St. Paul" is a member of...):
Twin Cities (nickname for Saint Paul and Minneapolis)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle
Example:
Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity
Synonyms:
Apostle of the Gentiles; Apostle Paul; Paul; Paul the Apostle; Saint Paul; Saul; Saul of Tarsus; St. Paul
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Apostelic Father; Apostle (any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people)
missionary; missioner (someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country)
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:
“Don't look at him!” said my aunt, as I turned my head indignantly, “but get me a coach, my dear, and wait for me in St. Paul's Churchyard.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“By St. Paul! it seemed to me their bones were breaking through their skin.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He is, to some faded courts held in Doctors' Commons,—a lazy old nook near St. Paul's Churchyard—what solicitors are to the courts of law and equity.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“Not so, by St. Paul!” cried Sir Nigel.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Peggotty at her needlework was as much at home with St. Paul's and the bit of wax-candle, as if they had never known any other roof.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“By St. Paul, no!” cried the other.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
All these wonders afforded Peggotty as much pleasure as she was able to enjoy, under existing circumstances: except, I think, St. Paul's, which, from her long attachment to her work-box, became a rival of the picture on the lid, and was, in some particulars, vanquished, she considered, by that work of art.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
By St. Paul! said the knight, our good merchant of Southampton hath not played us false, for methinks I can see our ship down yonder.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She had fallen back, already, on the society of the work-box with St. Paul's upon the lid, the yard-measure in the cottage, and the bit of wax-candle; and there they all were, just as if they had never been disturbed.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“By St. Paul! it seemed strange to my eye when I wrote it,” said Sir Nigel.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
