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Definition of St. Vincent
1. Noun. An island in the center of the Windward Islands; the largest of the islands comprising Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Group relationships: Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, St. Vincent And The Grenadines
Terms within: Kingstown
Generic synonyms: Island
Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Vincent
Literary usage of St. Vincent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"With the exception of St. Vincent, none of these islands seem to have suffered
... As a description of the St. Vincent eruption of 1812 has been reproduced, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"They follow the Rule of,the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul with some
slight modifications. On 20 June, 1847, the Holy See extended to them all ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1831)
"The account of the insurrection in 1795, when the inhabitants of St. Vincent, by
their patriotic and disinterested conduct, laid such an immense obligation ..."