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    ST. FRANCIS

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansasplay

    Synonyms:

    Saint Francis; Saint Francis River; St. Francis; St. Francis River

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Instance hypernyms:

    river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

    Holonyms ("St. Francis" is a part of...):

    AR; Ark.; Arkansas; Land of Opportunity (a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

    Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)play

    Synonyms:

    Francis of Assisi; Giovanni di Bernardone; Saint Francis; Saint Francis of Assisi; St. Francis; St. Francis of Assisi

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    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)

    Derivation:

    Franciscan (of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him)

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