Aquinas

American  

[uh-kwahy-nuhs] / əˈkwaɪ nəs /

noun

1. Saint Thomas the Angelic Doctor, 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Aquinas British  

/ əˈkwaɪnəs /

noun

1. Saint Thomas. 1225–74, Italian theologian, scholastic philosopher, and Dominican friar, whose works include Summa contra Gentiles (1259–64) and Summa Theologiae (1267–73), the first attempt at a comprehensive theological system. Feast day: Jan 28 See also Thomism

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Other Word Forms

• Aquinist
  noun

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Aquinas

What they teach is what St. Thomas Aquinas saw when he said that prayer is part of justice—rendering to others their due.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Amen, who was originally from Eritrea, lived with his father in Glasgow and attended St Thomas Aquinas secondary school in Jordanhill.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Aquinas 3, Dana Hills 2: A bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh inning won it for Aquinas.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Chris McMahon, the president of Aquinas Wealth Advisors, suggested that investors rebalance their portfolios every few years, because the outperformance of a few stocks will cause a portfolio to drift toward concentration.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

Aquinas Christianized Ad Herennium, partly misunderstood it—misreading “solitude” for “solicitude,” thus accidentally discovering a devotional aspect in it—and became the patron saint of medieval mnemotechnics.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith