Definition of Saint brigid

1. Noun. Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Brigid

Saint Anthony's fire
Saint Anthony's fires
Saint Athanasius
Saint Augustine
Saint Baeda
Saint Barbara
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Beda
Saint Bede
Saint Benedict
Saint Bernard
Saint Bernards
Saint Boniface
Saint Bride
Saint Bridget
Saint Brigid
Saint Bruno
Saint Catharines
Saint Charles
Saint Christopher
Saint Christopher-Nevis
Saint Cloud
Saint Crispin
Saint David
Saint David's Day
Saint Denis
Saint Dominic
Saint Edward the Confessor
Saint Edward the Martyr
Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

Literary usage of Saint brigid

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

1. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomas William Rolleston (1900)
"saint brigid 'MlD dewy pastures girdled with blue air, Where ruddy kine the limpid waters drink, Through violet-purpled woods of green Kildare, ..."

2. The Golden Treasury of Irish Songs and Lyrics by Charles Welsh (1907)
"saint brigid 'TV /TID dewy pastures girdled with blue air, 1 yI Where ruddy kine the limpid waters drink, Through violet-purpled woods of green Kil- dare, ..."

3. The Story of the Irish Before the Conquest: From the Mythical Period to the by Mary Catharine Guinness Ferguson (1903)
"... in Scotland —saint brigid—Saint Kieran—Saint Finnian of Clonard—Saint Finnian of Moville—Passion for Monastic seclusion—Story of Enda and Saint ..."

4. The Story of the Irish Before the Conquest: From the Mythical Period to the by Mary Catharine Guinness Ferguson (1903)
"... in Scotland — saint brigid — Saint Kieran — Saint Finnian of Clonard — Saint Finnian of Moville — Passion for Monastic seclusion — Story of Enda and ..."

5. From the Land of the Shamrock by Jane Barlow (1900)
"But just as she was beginning: " If you plase, Miss—saint brigid, ma'am " Saint Brigid ran away to speak to the little boys. ..."

6. Werner's Magazine: A Magazine of Expression by Music Teachers National Association (1901)
"Did saint brigid send you ? " he asked. " saint brigid? Oh, no! " At that moment Lambert May appeared, bringing several men with ropes and poles, ..."

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