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

1 sense of laurentius

Sense 1
Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> martyr -- (one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)