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    BONIFACE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The owner or manager of an innplay

    Synonyms:

    boniface; host; innkeeper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("boniface" is a kind of...):

    patron (the proprietor of an inn)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boniface"):

    hostess (a woman innkeeper)

    padrone (an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy)

    victualer; victualler (an innkeeper (especially British))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)play

    Synonyms:

    Apostle of Germany; Boniface; Saint Boniface; St. Boniface; Winfred; Wynfrith

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    missionary (someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program)

    saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

    Domain category:

    Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

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