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Saint Lawrence

noun

1. Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

• Syn: ↑Lawrence, ↑St. Lawrence, ↑Laurentius

• Topics: ↑Christianity, ↑Christian religion

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑martyr, ↑saint

2. a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic

• Syn: ↑Saint Lawrence River, ↑St. Lawrence, ↑St. Lawrence River

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river

• Part Holonyms:

↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Canada

Useful english dictionary. 2012.