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    ST. LAWRENCE

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlanticplay

    Synonyms:

    Saint Lawrence; Saint Lawrence River; St. Lawrence; St. Lawrence 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. Lawrence" is a part of...):

    Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

    America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    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)play

    Synonyms:

    Laurentius; Lawrence; Saint Lawrence; St. Lawrence

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    martyr (one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion)

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

    Domain category:

    Christian religion; Christianity (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)

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