Saint

/seɪnt/ · noun

Meaning

(religion, generally) A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue..

Definitions by Sense

1. (religion, generally) A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
2. (Christianity) One of the blessed in heaven.
3. (Christianity) A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
4. (Mormonism, specifically) Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).
5. (figuratively, by extension) A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
6. (archaic) A holy object.
7. (transitive) Synonym of canonize: to honor, formally name, or revere as a saint.
8. (toponymy) Capitalized and placed before another term, particularly personal names, to create placename without direct association to any religious character.

Example Sentences

The Roman Catholic Church proclaimed Kateri Tekakwitha a saint in 2012.

Then ſhall thy Saints unmixt, and from th' impure / Farr ſeparate, circling thy holy Mount / Unfained Halleluiahs to thee ſing,

Unto the Church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Iesus, called to be Saints, with all that in euery place call vpon the Name of Iesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.

Dorothy Day was a living saint.

Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!

It is ruine to a man to deuoure ſaintes, and afterward to retracte the vowes.

Many Catholics wished to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately after his death.

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Word Forms

• saints
• St
• St.
• sainting
• sainted

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