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

2 senses of saint lawrence

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)

Sense 2
Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River -- (a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")