basil of caesarea

Questions about basil of caesarea

What does basil of caesarea mean?

basil of caesarea means "(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)".

What is another word for basil of caesarea?

Close synonyms include Basil, St. Basil, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is basil of caesarea a common word?

basil of caesarea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.