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   saint

   /seɪnt/

   noun

   • 1. a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven after death: "a place dedicated to a seventh-century saint"
   • ▪ a person of exalted virtue who is canonized by the Church after death and who may be the object of veneration and prayers for intercession: "Innocent III stressed that only the Pope had the authority to declare a saint"
   • ▪ used in titles of religious saints: "the epistles of Saint Paul"
   • ▪ a member or follower of the Latter-day Saints movement; a Mormon: "Smith began to cast around for uninhabited territories where the Saints might build their Kingdom"
   • ▪ (in biblical use) a Christian believer: "the poor saints which are at Jerusalem"
   • 2. a very virtuous, kind, or patient person: informal "she's a saint to go on living with that man"

   verb

   • 1. formally recognize as a saint; canonize: "the sandy shores of the River Nid, where Holy Olaf's bones were laid to rest before he had been sainted"

   Word Origin Middle English, from Old French seint, from Latin sanctus ‘holy’, past participle of sancire ‘consecrate’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. saintdom noun
   • 2. saintlike adjective
   • 3. saintship noun
   • 4. saintling noun

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