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Definition of St. Brigid
1. Noun. Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523).
Generic synonyms: Abbess, Mother Superior, Prioress, Saint
Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Brigid
Literary usage of St. Brigid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Bond & Share Society, New Hampshire Dental Society, American Wine Society, Manning Valley Historical Society (1908)
"Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. The Monastery of St.
Brigid, ... St Brigid ..."
2. A Dictionary of Saintly Women by Agnes Baillie Cunninghame Dunbar (1904)
"St. Brigid (5-11). Colgan, in his History of the Irish Saints, speaks of twenty-five
Brigids, some of whom are distinguishable from each other, ..."
3. The history of Ireland by Thomas Moore (1845)
"Among the miracles and gifts by which, no le?s than by her works of charity and
holiness, the fame of St. Brigid and her numerous altars was extended, ..."
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