1. (noun) 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)

• laurentius
• lawrence
• saint lawrence

2. (noun) a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic

• saint lawrence
• saint lawrence river
• st. lawrence river

1. (noun) 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)

• christian religion
• christianity