Definition of Saint Francis

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


2. Noun. A tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Francis

Saint Christopher-Nevis
Saint Cloud
Saint Crispin
Saint David
Saint David's Day
Saint Denis
Saint Dominic
Saint Edward the Confessor
Saint Edward the Martyr
Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
Saint Elmo's fire
Saint Elmo's fires
Saint Elmo's light
Saint Emilion
Saint Eustatius
Saint Francis (current term)
Saint Francis River
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Gallen
Saint George
Saint Gregory I
Saint Helena
Saint Helenian
Saint Helenians
Saint Helier
Saint Ignatius
Saint Ignatius' itch
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James

Literary usage of Saint Francis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Stephen, J. Saint Francis of Assisi. (In "Es$1."25. '07. Longmans. Thomas of Celano. ... Saint Francis and his friends. *60c; *45c; limp lambskin, *75c. 08. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Like the famous 'Fioretti' of Saint Francis, a work of later date, the 'Canticle of the ... It became in his last days the favorite song of Saint Francis, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Saint Francis died 3 Oct. 1226. The significance of the title is disclosed in these words of the author: "Here endeth the Mirror of Perfection of a brother ..."

4. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams (1905)
"The pleasantest way to treat it was that of Saint Francis; half-serious, ... The soul of Saint Francis was a rustic melody and the simplest that ever ..."

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