st. ignatius

1. 1.

   bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110)

   SynonymsIgnatiusSaint Ignatius

   Broaderbishopsaint

Questions about st. ignatius

What does st. ignatius mean?

st. ignatius means "bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110)".

What is another word for st. ignatius?

Close synonyms include Ignatius, Saint Ignatius. 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. ignatius a common word?

st. ignatius 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.