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Definition of St. Nicholas
1. Noun. A bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century).
Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Nicholas
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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