Associations to the word «Polycarp»

Dictionary definition

POLYCARP, noun. Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats