Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
Roman martyr;
supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258);
[syn: Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Laurentius
n 1: Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police
to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by
presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death
on a gridiron (died in 258) [syn: Lawrence, Saint
Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius]