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VITUS

• VITUS (noun)
The noun VITUS has 1 sense:

1. Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300)

Familiarity information: VITUS used as a noun is very rare.

• VITUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

St. Vitus; Vitus

Instance hypernyms:

martyr (one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

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