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

1 sense of saint benedict

Sense 1
Benedict, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict -- (Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547))
       INSTANCE OF=> monk, monastic -- (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)