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• Thomas Aquinas
  Thomas Aquinas

  noun

  Saint. Aquinas, Saint Thomas.
• Aquinas, Thomas
  Aquinas, Thomas

  A thirteenth-century Italian priest and philosopher who became the most influential theologian of the Middle Ages. Aquinas, a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, sought to reconcile faith and reason by showing that elements of the philosophy of Aristotle were compatible with Christianity. His greatest work is the Summa Theologica.

Thomas Aquinas

American  

[tom-uhs] / ˈtɒm əs /

noun

1. Saint. Aquinas, Saint Thomas.

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Aquinas, Thomas Cultural  

1. A thirteenth-century Italian priest and philosopher who became the most influential theologian of the Middle Ages. Aquinas, a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, sought to reconcile faith and reason by showing that elements of the philosophy of Aristotle were compatible with Christianity. His greatest work is the Summa Theologica.

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Example Sentences

Their presence may allude to the hymn “Panis Angelicus,” or “bread of angels,” written by St. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century as a poetic reference to the presence of Christ in the consecrated host.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Fred Stephenson who is head of Year 11 at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Kings Norton, Birmingham, said the charity had given many students "dignity".

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

He studied philosophy and history at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Germany, and became enamored with Thomas Aquinas, whose medieval philosophy inspired his thesis.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

He knew just where to find some, convincing four players on his team at St. Thomas Aquinas College, a Division-II power about 15 miles from New York, to join him at FDU.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Even as the Crusades drew to a close in the thirteenth century, Saint Thomas Aquinas declared that God could not make something that was infinite any more than he could make a scholarly horse.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife