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Definition of St. bride

1. Noun. Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523).

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Bride

Literary usage of St. bride

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

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Wynkyn was buried in the church of st. bride in Fleet Street, before the high altar of St. Katherine, and left to the church a large bequest for religious ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"During the next year he supplicated for the degrees of BD and DD, and obtained the additional livings of st. bride'e, Fleet Street, London, and Torrington ..."

3. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1911)
"The old church of st. bride, destroyed in the Fire, was the burial-place of ... In Bride Lane is the st. bride» Foundation Institute, a polytechnic for the ..."

4. From the Hills of Dream: Threnodies, Songs, and Other Poems by William Sharp (1907)
"Safe thy way is, safe, O Safe, st. bride : May my kye come home at even, None be fallin', none be leavin", Dusky even, breath-sweet even, ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"BRIDGET'S MILKING SONG O sweet st. bride of the Yellow, ... Safe thy way is, safe, O Safe, st. bride: May my kye come home at even, None be fallin', ..."

6. English Reports in Law and Equity: Containing Reports of Cases in the House by Edmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Courts (1853)
"THE CHURCHWARDENS AND OVERSEERS OF st. bride, respondents.1 January 26, 1853. Lunatic Pauper — Order of Maintenance — Prior Order of Removal quashed ..."

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