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  • noun (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)
  • noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas

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Examples

  • But there can be no doubt that at the summit of these performers in Pete's estimation is the man whom he regularly refers to as Saint Francis of Hoboken.

    Power Line 2009

  • We might correctly speak of Saint Francis as a woman and

    En Route 1877

  • Her bearded date, Saint Francis of Assisi, has also plugged himself into the wall so his tape recorder, hidden below his burlap robe, can play Gregorian chants all night long.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • But if, in the imagination of the artist, Saint Francis was there in the stable at Christ's birth and, if you lived in the Assisi region of Italy, then you are represented in the story as well.

    Rev. Dean Snyder: The Magi Rev. Dean Snyder 2011

  • Although the sculptures themselves feel slightly out of place in the galleries, as if they have been dragged from secret gardens to be examined, somewhat to their discomfort, under artificial and excoriating light, in the photographs they feel as at home among the mountains and the trees as Saint Francis among his birds.

    Art reviews: 'Philip Guston, Roma' and 'David Smith Invents' at the Phillips Philip Kennicott 2011

  • Twenty-five years ago at the closing of the Assisi World Day of Prayer, Pope John Paul II remarked: For the first time in history, we have come together from every where, Christian Churches and Ecclesial Communities, and World Religions, in this sacred place dedicated to Saint Francis, to witness before the world, each according to his own conviction, about the transcendent quality of peace.

    Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia: Joys, Blessings And Hopes Of The 25th Assisi World Day Of Prayer For Peace Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia 2011

  • But if, in the imagination of the artist, Saint Francis was there in the stable at Christ's birth and, if you lived in the Assisi region of Italy, then you are represented in the story as well.

    Rev. Dean Snyder: The Magi Rev. Dean Snyder 2011

  • Twenty-five years ago at the closing of the Assisi World Day of Prayer, Pope John Paul II remarked: For the first time in history, we have come together from every where, Christian Churches and Ecclesial Communities, and World Religions, in this sacred place dedicated to Saint Francis, to witness before the world, each according to his own conviction, about the transcendent quality of peace.

    Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia: Joys, Blessings And Hopes Of The 25th Assisi World Day Of Prayer For Peace Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia 2011

  • Her bearded date, Saint Francis of Assisi, has also plugged himself into the wall so his tape recorder, hidden below his burlap robe, can play Gregorian chants all night long.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • After all, founder of the Franciscan Order Saint Francis of Assisi gave his most famous sermon to a flock of birds.

    Gregory Unruh: Man is the Measure of All Things 2010

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