St THOMAS, is also an island in the Atlantic ocean, situated under the equator, in 8° E. Long.
St THOMAS is also a town of Guiana, in South America, situated on the river Oronoko; subject to Spain.
St THOMAS'S DAY, a festival of the Christian church, observed on Dec. 21. in commemoration of St Thomas the apostle.
St THOMAS of Canterbury's DAY, a festival of the Romish church, observed on Dec. 29. in memory of Thomas Becket archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered, or, as the Romanists say, martyred, in the reign of king Henry II.