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Recent Examples of saint
After that, the Vatican must accept the validity of a second miracle attributed to the person’s intercession for them to be declared a saint.
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Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
During Pope Francis' funeral Mass, a litany of saints was sung, a meditative chant that forms part of the traditional rites.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Making Acutis saint was a project close to Francis' heart, but the canonization has been postponed because of his death.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Francis' death delayed the canonization of the world's first millennial saint.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
During Pope Francis' funeral Mass, a litany of saints was sung, a meditative chant that forms part of the traditional rites.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Making Acutis saint was a project close to Francis' heart, but the canonization has been postponed because of his death.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Francis' death delayed the canonization of the world's first millennial saint.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saint
Noun
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Carell stars as a grown man who is, indeed, still a virgin and is desperate to find someone not only to be physically intimate with, but also to forge a romantic and emotional connection with.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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The consoling notion of divine impregnation was commonplace in the Hellenistic world, with countless tales of gods foisting demigods on virgins.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Art cycles in and out of fashion, and nothing could have been less suited to twentieth-century taste than Boucher’s chocolate-box cherubs.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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All that’s missing is cherub wings.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
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Trainer Michael McCarthy was not available to talk to reporters Sunday but praised his colt’s effort to rally into the lead briefly before Sovereignty, the 7-1 third choice, overtook him in the stretch and won by 1 1/2 lengths.—
Gary B. Graves,
Baltimore Sun,
4 May 2025
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The brown colt, a tribute to guitarist Sixto Rodriguez, is trained by Bob Baffert, the sport’s most infamous titan.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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“Saint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saint. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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