saint

noun

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\ ˈsānt

, before a name (ˌ)sānt or sənt \

Definition of saint

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : one officially recognized especially through canonization as preeminent for holiness —abbreviation St.

2a : one of the spirits of the departed in heaven

b : angel sense 1a

3a : one of God's chosen and usually Christian people

b capitalized : a member of any of various Christian bodies specifically : latter-day saint

4 : one eminent for piety or virtue

5 : an illustrious predecessor

saint

verb

\ ˈsānt

sainted; sainting; saints

Definition of saint (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to recognize or designate as a saint specifically : canonize

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Other Words from saint

Noun

saintdom \ ˈsānt-dəm

\ noun

saintlike \ ˈsānt-ˌlīk

\ adjective

Examples of saint in a Sentence

Noun He was declared a saint in the fifth century. The salesperson was a saint for putting up with them.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun For the people helped by the network, like Curtis, Yager was a saint. — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2022 God had other plans for the would-be saint, according to Catholic Online. — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022 On Sunday, there will be a 10:30 a.m. Mass in St. Anthony’s honor and the feast will conclude that night with the return of the saint’s statue to its chapel. — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022 And Pat had the tolerance of a saint, letting punk art-rockers like Sleazy Jesus and the Splatter Pigs put on hysterically fun sloppy shows that could never have happened anywhere else. — Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 16 June 2022 Does Alexandrov represent Savinkov as a sort of secular saint? — Gary Saul Morson, The New York Review of Books, 13 Jan. 2022 But some lawmakers and activists have criticized the decision to make the saint nonbinary. — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2022 From around the 18th to the early 20th centuries, Catholic pilgrims in Europe would eat small devotional images of the Madonna, Jesus or a saint printed in sheets like postage stamps, long preceding avant-garde chefs and their menus of edible ink. — New York Times, 11 May 2022 In her afterword, Chen describes trying to reconcile these conflicting representations of fighter and saint. — Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 16 July 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Charismatic in life, she was sainted in death,’’ Goodyear wrote. — Steven Litt, cleveland, 22 Feb. 2020 There are so many people to saint but first and foremost are the volunteer fire departments who responded to the fire. — Sainted & Tainted Writers, Twin Cities, 13 July 2019 In 2000, Nicholas, his wife, and children were sainted by the Russian Orthodox church. — Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2017 Feed My Starving Children is to be sainted for its work — people working to feed people. — Sainted & Tainted Writers, Twin Cities, 17 June 2017 MOUNT SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY, Los Angeles Jocelin Mata, Santa Ana High School Major: nursing, $ Why this school? — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 15 June 2017 The average number of carries in a season for a lead Saints back is roughly half (175) the total Peterson was used to getting in Minnesota. — Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 19 May 2017 See More

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