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ice saints

ice saints noun: the saints Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren, Mamertus of Vienne and/or Boniface of Tarsus, and sometimes Sophia of Rome, whose feast days are on May 11th though 15th.

Noun

ice saints pl (normally plural, singular ice saint)

  1. (capitalized, plural, plural-normally, sometimes) The saints Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren, Mamertus of Vienne and/or Boniface of Tarsus, and sometimes Sophia of Rome, whose feast days are on May 11th though 15th.
  2. (plural, plural-normally) A spell of cold weather in May on or around those dates.
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Forms of ice saints

singularice saint

Origin of ice saints

Perhaps a calque of German Eisheilige; compare French saints de glace.

Questions about ice saints

What does ice saints mean?
Ice saints means the saints Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren, Mamertus of Vienne and/or Boniface of Tarsus, and sometimes Sophia of Rome, whose feast days are on May 11th though 15th.
What part of speech is ice saints?
Ice saints is a noun.

Words near ice saints in the dictionary

  1. ice rinks
  2. ice road
  3. ice roads
  4. ice run
  5. ice runs
  6. ice saints
  7. ice scooter
  8. ice scooters
  9. ice scour
  10. ice scours
  11. ice scramble

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