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Pancras

/ˈpæŋkɹəs/

Pancras proper noun: one of two Christian saints, Pancras of Taormina and Pancras of Rome.

Proper noun

Pancras

  1. One of two Christian saints, Pancras of Taormina and Pancras of Rome
  2. A male given name from Latin, of rare usage.

Origin of Pancras

Inherited from Middle English Pancrace, borrowed from Latin Pancratius, from Ancient Greek Παγκράτιος (Pankrátios), a name derived from παγκρατής (pankratḗs, “all-powerful, almighty”).

Phrases with Pancras

Questions about Pancras

What does Pancras mean?
Pancras means one of two Christian saints, Pancras of Taormina and Pancras of Rome.
What part of speech is Pancras?
Pancras is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pancras?
Pancras is pronounced /ˈpæŋkɹəs/.

Words near Pancras in the dictionary

  1. pancosmist
  2. pancosmists
  3. pancosphere
  4. pancospheres
  5. pancrack
  6. Pancras
  7. pancratian
  8. pancratiast
  9. pancratiastic
  10. pancratiasts
  11. pancratic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pancras (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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