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Definition of Saint anselm
1. Noun. An Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Anselm
Literary usage of Saint anselm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Orations from Homer to William McKinley by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1902)
"saint anselm saint anselm, the second archbishop of Canterbury after the Norman
conquest, was of Italian birth and parentage, and was born at Aosta, ..."
2. Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1905)
"... saint anselm saint anselm, the second archbishop of Canterbury after the Norman
conquest, was of Italian birth and parentage, and was born at Aosta, ..."
3. Illustrations of the History of Medieval Thought in the Departments of by Reginald Lane Poole (1884)
"V. EXCURSUS ON A SUPPOSED ANTICIPATION OF saint anselm. i. saint anselm has been
generally regarded as the first writer in the course of the middle ages who ..."
4. Course of the History of Modern Philosophy by Victor Cousin, Orlando Williams Wight (1856)
"Without citing saint anselm, whom he did not probably know, ... Leibnitz, in
taking up the Cartesian argument,f refers it to saint anselm ; but he was able ..."
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