Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun st._nicholas

1 sense of st. nicholas

Sense 1
Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholas -- (a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century))
       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)