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

1 sense of saint ignatius

Sense 1
Ignatius, Saint Ignatius, St. Ignatius -- (bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110))
       INSTANCE OF=> bishop -- (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)