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hagionym
noun
The name of a Saint taken as a proper name.
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noun
The name of a Saint taken as a proper name.
“This Native place name was used for a while in parallel with the hagionym Saint-Francois-Xavier (1850s) as well as another ‘official’ toponym, Grantown, named after Cuthbert Grant.”
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This Native place name was used for a while in parallel with the hagionym Saint-Francois-Xavier (1850s) as well as another ‘official’ toponym, Grantown, named after Cuthbert Grant.
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