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  • proper noun UK, colloquial St. Paul's Cathedral.

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Examples

  • St. Paul's, which is located across the street from Ground Zero but suffered little damage in the disaster, became the headquarters for the relief effort; innumerable firefighters and police officers slept, wept and prayed in its wooden, white-backed pews.

    Shrine 2007

  • In the evening we went to St. Paul's, which is the oldest church in this oldest city of Markland, as some call Nova Scotia.

    Dorothy's Travels Evelyn Raymond 1876

  • There was a scaffold erected just before the door of a very handsome church, which is also called St. Paul's, but which, however, is not to be compared to the cathedral.

    Travels in England in 1782 Karl Philipp Moritz 1775

  • The rift in the leadership of St. Paul's, London's main church for the Anglican faith, broke into the open when the Reverend Giles Fraser said in a Twitter post that he had resigned "with great regret and sadness."

    Priest Quits Over Prospect of Evicting London Protesters Jeanne Whalen 2011

  • St. Paul's shut its doors about a week after the protest began, saying the tents were creating a potential fire hazard.

    Priest Quits Over Prospect of Evicting London Protesters Jeanne Whalen 2011

  • By comparison, St. Paul's -- a boarding school in New England where I taught last year, and that offers as spectacular and transformative an education as is possible -- spends more than $60,000 per student per year.

    Michael Levy: What I Learned from China's Schools Michael Levy 2011

  • By comparison, St. Paul's -- a boarding school in New England where I taught last year, and that offers as spectacular and transformative an education as is possible -- spends more than $60,000 per student per year.

    Michael Levy: What I Learned from China's Schools Michael Levy 2011

  • In a statement, the Dean of St. Paul's, Graeme Knowles, said the church was "obviously disappointed" that Rev.

    Priest Quits Over Prospect of Evicting London Protesters Jeanne Whalen 2011

  • St. Paul's, while generally sympathetic toward the protesters and their views, has requested that the campers "leave the site peacefully," saying they are blocking access to the cathedral.

    Priest Quits Over Prospect of Evicting London Protesters Jeanne Whalen 2011

  • They instead settled outside St. Paul's, on a pedestrian walkway that is partly owned by the church and partly by the City of London, according to a church spokeswoman.

    Priest Quits Over Prospect of Evicting London Protesters Jeanne Whalen 2011

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