saint.
A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
Meaning & usage
A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
The Roman Catholic Church proclaimed Kateri Tekakwitha a saint in 2012.
One of the blessed in heaven.
A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).
A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
Dorothy Day was a living saint.
Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!
A holy object.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English saint, seint, sainct, seinct, sanct, senct, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and confluence with Old French saint, seinte (Modern French saint); both from Latin sānctus (“holy, consecrated”, in Late Latin as a noun, “a saint”), past participle of sancīre (“to render sacred, make holy”), akin to sacer (“holy, sacred”). Doublet of Sanctus. Displaced native Middle English halwe (“saint”) from Old English hālga (“saint, holy one”) (> Modern English hallow (“saint”)).
Synonym of canonize: to honor, formally name, or revere as a saint.
Many Catholics wished to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately after his death.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English saynten, seinten, sonten, partly from Anglo-Norman saintir and partly from the noun Middle English seint, seynt (see above).
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