Definition of St. Nicholas

1. Noun. A bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century).

Exact synonyms: Nicholas, Saint Nicholas
Generic synonyms: Bishop, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Nicholas

St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence Seaway
St. Leo I
St. Louis
St. Lucia
St. Luke
St. Luke's summer
St. Maarten
St. Mark
St. Martin
St. Mary Magdalen
St. Mary Magdalene
St. Mary of Bethlehem
St. Matthew
St. Matthew the Apostle
St. Nicholas (current term)
St. Nick
St. Olaf
St. Olav
St. Patrick
St. Patrick's Cross
St. Patrick's Day
St. Paul
St. Paul's
St. Peter
St. Peter's wreath
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Petersburg
St. Simon
St. Stephen's Day

Literary usage of St. Nicholas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Giotto and Some of His Followers by Osvald Sirén (1917)
"THE St. Nicholas FRESCOES AND PANEL PICTURES BY THE SAME MASTER IN close connection with the frescoes in the Magdalen Chapel should be mentioned the ..."

2. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"Then by Grasse church corner into Lombard street to St. Clement's lane, and down the same to St. Clement's church ; then down St. Nicholas lane, ..."

3. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1875)
"Ribadeneira says of St. Nicholas, that ' being present at the council of Nice, among three hundred and eighteen bishops, who were there assembled together ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"The church in the North Baily of St. Nicholas in Durham. St. Oswalds in Durham. ... Guild of Corpus Christi in St. Nicholas Parish in Durham. 5. ..."

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