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

1 sense of st. thomas a becket

Sense 1
Becket, Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket -- ((Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170))
       INSTANCE OF=> archbishop -- (a bishop of highest rank)
       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)