st. francis

Questions about st. francis

What does st. francis mean?

st. francis means "(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for st. francis?

Close synonyms include Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis, Giovanni di Bernardone. 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. francis a common word?

st. francis 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.