Definitions for St. Nicholas
st. nicholas

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1. Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholasnoun

   a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)

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1. St. Nicholasnoun

   A Dutch saint, who was reputed to bring gifts to children on Christmas even, giving rise to the modern legend of Santa Claus.

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1. st. nicholas

   Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (Greek: Μύρα; modern-day Demre, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, unmarried people, and students in various cities and countries around Europe. His reputation evolved among the pious, as was common for early Christian saints, and his legendary habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the traditional model of Santa Claus ("Saint Nick") through Sinterklaas. Little is known about the historical Saint Nicholas. The earliest accounts of his life were written centuries after his death and probably contain legendary elaborations. He is said to have been born in the Greek seaport of Patara, Lycia, in Asia Minor to wealthy Christian parents.In one of the earliest attested and most famous incidents from his life, he is said to have rescued three girls from being forced into prostitution by dropping a sack of gold coins through the window of their house each night for three nights so their father could pay a dowry for each of them. Other early stories tell of him calming a storm at sea, saving three innocent soldiers from wrongful execution, and chopping down a tree possessed by a demon. In his youth, he is said to have made a pilgrimage to Egypt and Palestine. Shortly after his return, he became Bishop of Myra. He was later cast into prison during the persecution of Diocletian, but was released after the accession of Constantine. An early list makes him an attendee at the First Council of Nicaea in 325, but he is never mentioned in any writings by people who were at the council. Late, unsubstantiated legends claim that he was temporarily defrocked and imprisoned during the council for slapping the heretic Arius. Another famous late legend tells how he resurrected three children, who had been murdered and pickled in brine by a butcher planning to sell them as pork during a famine. Fewer than 200 years after Nicholas's death, the St. Nicholas Church was built in Myra under the orders of Theodosius II over the site of the church where he had served as bishop, and his remains were moved to a sarcophagus in that church. In 1087, while the Greek Christian inhabitants of the region were subjugated by the newly arrived Muslim Seljuk Turks, and soon after their church was declared to be in schism by the Catholic church, a group of merchants from the Italian city of Bari removed the major bones of Nicholas's skeleton from his sarcophagus in the church without authorization and brought them to their hometown, where they are now enshrined in the Basilica di San Nicola. The remaining bone fragments from the sarcophagus were later removed by Venetian sailors and taken to Venice during the First Crusade.

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1. st. nicholas

   St. Nicholas, also known as Nicholas of Myra, was a 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas. His feast day is observed on December 6th. In many parts of the world, St. Nicholas is a popular patron saint, particularly associated with children and seafarers.

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1. St. Nicholas

   the patron saint of boys, who was fabled to bring presents to good children on Christmas eve; was bishop of Myra in the 4th century, and had taken a special interest in the young.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of St. Nicholas in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of St. Nicholas in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of St. Nicholas in a Sentence

1. Ann Donnelly:

   Nicholas Williams can't. That's not how this works.

2. Rick Starr:

   People have seen multiple fish, Nicholas Ta's not just one, but they're all the same size indicating that they're not offspring, we're not seeing multiple different size classes, so the best guess right now is that these fish are all older fish that haven't reproduced.

3. Carrie Symonds:

   Wilfred after Boris' grandfather, Lawrie after my grandfather, Nicholas after Dr Nick Price and Dr Nick Hart - the two doctors that saved Boris' life last month, thank you so, so much to the incredible NHS maternity team at UCLH that looked after us so well. I couldn't be happier. My heart is full.

4. Amie Davis:

   When Amie Davis came to me in July, I asked Amie Davis specifically if Amie Davis wanted me to step in and attempt to do something. He said absolutely, the reason that I finally asked was because there was just something different about the way Nicholas was talking about it. A different sadness.

5. Lafayette Police:

   Nicholas Bostic's heroic actions saved lives, nicholas Bostic selflessness during this incident is inspiring, and Nicholas Bostic impressed many with Nicholas Bostic courage, tenacity, and steadfast calmness in the face of such perilous dangers.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ GCIDE
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3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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