Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gregory_i

1 sense of gregory i

Sense 1
Gregory, Gregory I, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I, Gregory the Great -- ((Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604))
       INSTANCE OF=> pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome -- (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
       INSTANCE OF=> Doctor of the Church, Doctor -- ((Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages")