Definition of St. Basil the Great

1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379).


Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Basil The Great

St.-Bruno's-lily
St. Ambrose
St. Andrew
St. Andrew's Cross
St. Andrew's cross
St. Anselm
St. Anthony's cross
St. Anthony's crosses
St. Anthony's fire
St. Athanasius
St. Augustine
St. Baeda
St. Barbara's herb
St. Basil
St. Basil the Great (current term)
St. Beda
St. Bede
St. Benedict
St. Bernard
St. Bernards
St. Boniface
St. Bride
St. Bridget
St. Brigid
St. Bruno
St. Catharines
St. Christopher
St. Christopher-Nevis
St. Cloud

Literary usage of St. Basil the Great

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

1. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"ST. BASIL, the Great, the illustrious doctor and intrepid champion of the Church, was born towards the close of the year 329 at ..."

2. History: Fiction of Science? by Anatoly Fomenko (2005)
"St. Basil the Great. At the age of 5, St. Basil could comprehend the entire ... 3k St. Basil the Great. St. Basil had also left for Egypt and lived there, ..."

3. Lives and Legends of the Great Hermits and Fathers of the Church, with Other by N. D'Anvers (1902)
"CHAPTER XI St. Basil the Great THE life of St. Basil—justly surnamed the Great, and lovingly styled in the office sacred to him the 'divine Bee of the ..."

4. Sacred and Legendary Art by Jameson (Anna) (1895)
"St. Basil the Great Lot. St. Basilius Magnus. Ital. San Basilio Magno. Fr. St. Basile. (June 14, AD 380.) St. Basil,, called the Great, was born at Cesarea ..."

5. Sacred and Legendary Art by Jameson (Anna) (1848)
"St. Basil the Great. Lut. St. Basilius Magnus. Ital. San Basilio Ma^'no. Fr. St. Basile. June 14. AD 380. ST. BASIL, called the Great, was born at Cesarea ..."

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