"Saint Claus" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Saint Claus
  1. Synonym of Santa Claus Synonyms: Santa Claus [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Saint_Claus-en-name-7oiFb8sT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "“The snow was lying thick on the ground the next morning, as Herbert told me on his awakening; then, out of bed he sprang to the fireplace, that he might look in his stocking, which he, as well as his cousins, had placed there the previous evening, that Saint Claus might jump down the chimney in the night, to fill them with the good things he carries about.",
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          "ref": "1893 September 23, “Books”, “Superstitious Survivals”, in The Spectator. A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature, Theology, and Art, volume the seventy-first, number 3,404, London: John Campbell, […], page 404, column 1",
          "text": "At Yule-tide, oats are thrown out for Saint Claus’s horse (the cult of Odin having been transferred to Saint Claus), and a person convalescent after a dangerous illness, is said to have “given a feed to Death’s horse.”",
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          "ref": "1973, C. W. Smith, Thin Men of Haddam, New York: Grossman Publishers, page 40",
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          "ref": "2000, Parliamentary Debates, page 15899, column 1",
          "text": "But, first and foremost, to believe in 1 January you would have to believe in Saint Claus.",
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          "ref": "2002, Toine van Teeffelen, Bethlehem Diary: Living Under Siege and Occupation 2000-2002, page 130",
          "text": "\"There,\" she fingers upwards, \"in the air.\" \"How do you come there?\" \"With the sleigh\" (of Saint Claus).",
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          "ref": "2005, Penanggulangan Kemiskinan Melalui Pariwisata, Kepel Press, page 6",
          "text": "The concepts of the tourism development that are up to the present time directed to the empowerment of the local people have actually been offered. However, they tend to consider the people as the weak party and the tourism industry serves as “Saint Claus” who must help them.",
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          "text": "The story of Saint Claus is a myth cherished by children.",
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