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Definition of Saint Nicholas

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

2. Noun. The legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas.

Definition of Saint Nicholas

1. Proper noun. A 4th century Greek bishop from Anatolia. ¹

2. Proper noun. The patron saint of children. ¹

3. Proper noun. The patron saint of the marines in the Orthodox tradition. ¹

4. Proper noun. The American, Latin American, and British variant of the European folk myth of Saint Nicholas, explaining the source of Christmas presents given to children on Christmas Day. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Nicholas

Saint Lawrence Seaway Saint Louis Saint Lucia Saint Lucian Saint Lucian Creole French Saint Lucians Saint Luke Saint Maarten Saint Mark Saint Martin

Saint Martin's summer Saint Mary Saint Matthew Saint Matthew the Apostle Saint Monday Saint Nicholas (current term) Saint Nick Saint Olaf Saint Olav Saint Paddy's

Saint Patrick Saint Patrick's Day Saint Paul Saint Peter Saint Peter's wreath Saint Peter Port Saint Peter the Apostle Saint Petersburg Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Thomas

Literary usage of Saint Nicholas

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

1. The Story of Santa Klaus: Told for Children of All Ages from Six to Sixty by William Shepard Walsh (1909)
"Amsterdam, one of many cities which claim Saint Nicholas as their patron saint, is especially wideawake. During the first week of December the ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"He represented a Society, many of whose sons were united in lineage as they were by the ties of charity, with the Sons of Saint NICHOLAS. ..."

3. The Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, Timothy Flint, Washington Irving (1847)
"As the chosen and official organ of the ' Saint Nicholas Society,' we proceed ... THE DAUGHTERS OF Saint Nicholas : Excluded by no Salic law from the only ..."

4. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"School of the Guild of Saint Nicholas (Report of the Commissioner of Edward VI, Toulmin Smith, Ordinances of English Guilds, p. 105. ..."

5. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"School of the Guild of Saint Nicholas (Report of the Commissioner of Edward VI, Toulmin Smith, Ordinances of English Guilds, p. 105. ..."

6. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"School of the Guild of Saint Nicholas (Report of the Commissioner of Edward VI, Toulmin Smith, Ordinances of English Guilds, p. 105. ..."

7. The Camden Miscellany by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), Camden Society (Great Britain) (1875)
"To whom she answered thus, ' Sir, I knowe no Saint Nicholas (said she) that came hither.' ' Yes (quoth Mallet), here was one that represented Saint Nicholas ..."

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