st. basil

Questions about st. basil

What does st. basil mean?

st. basil 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 st. basil?

Close synonyms include Basil, Basil of Caesarea, 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 st. basil a common word?

st. basil is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.