Saint
[seɪnt] or [sent]
Definition
(noun.) person of exceptional holiness.
(noun.) a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization.
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Definition
(n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.
(n.) One of the blessed in heaven.
(n.) One canonized by the church.
(v. t.) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one).
(v. i.) To act or live as a saint.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Holy person.
Edited by Gillian
Definition
n. a sanctified or holy person: one eminent for piety: one of the blessed dead: one canonised by the R.C. Church: an image of a saint: an angel: (pl.) Israelites as a people: Christians generally.—v.t. to salute as a saint.—adj. Saint′ed made a saint: holy: sacred: gone to heaven: canonised.—n. Saint′hood.—adj. Saint′ish somewhat saintly or affectedly so.—n. Saint′ism the character or quality of a saint: sanctimoniousness.—adjs. Saint′-like Saint′ly like or becoming a saint.—adv. Saint′lily.—n. Saint′liness.—adj. Saint′-seem′ing appearing like a saint.—n. Saint′ship the character of a saint.—Saint's day a day set apart for the commemoration of a particular saint; St Agnes's flower the snowflake; St Andrew's cross a North American shrub; St Andrew's Day 30th November; St Anthony's fire erysipelas; St Anthony's nut the pig-nut or hawk-nut; St Audrey's necklace a string of holy stones; St Barbara's cress the yellow rocket; St Barnaby's thistle the English star-thistle; St Bennet's herb the herb bennet; St Bernard a kind of dog; St Blase's disease quinsy; St Cassian beds a division of the Triassic series; St Crispin's Day 25th October; St David's Day 1st March; St Domingo duck a West Indian duck; St Domingo grebe the smallest grebe in America; St Elmo's fire (see Elmo's fire); St George's Day 23d April; St George's ensign the distinguishing flag of the British navy a red cross on a white field; St Hubert's disease hydrophobia; St John's bread the carob bean: ergot of rye; St John's Day 27th December; St John's hawk a blackish variety of the rough-legged buzzard; St Julien an esteemed red Bordeaux wine from the Mé–oc region; St Leger the name of a race run at Doncaster so called since 1778 from Col. St Leger; St Luke's summer a period of pleasant weather about the middle of October; St Martin's evil drunkenness; St Martin's summer a season of mild damp weather in late autumn; St Nicholas's Day 6th December; St Patrick's Day 17th March; St Peter's finger a belemnite; St Peter's fish the dory; St Peter's wort a name of several plants; St Pierre group a thick mass of shales in the upper Missouri region; St Swithin's Day 15th July; St Valentine's Day 14th February; St Vitus's dance chorea.—All-Saints' Day a feast observed by the Latin Church on 1st November in the Greek Church on the first Sunday after Pentecost; Communion of the Saints the spiritual fellowship of all true believers the blessed dead as well as the faithful living mystically united in each other in Christ; Intercession Perseverance of saints (see Intercession Perseverance); Latter-day saints the Mormons' name for themselves; Patron saint a saint who is regarded as a protector as St George of England St Andrew of Scotland St Patrick of Ireland St David of Wales St Denis of France St James of Spain St Nicholas of Russia St Stephen of Hungary St Mark of Venice &c.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A dead sinner revised and edited.
Editor: Martin
Examples
- Hannah is a perfect saint. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Saint Mary Axe! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Its destination was the old church of Saint Pancras, far off in the fields. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A cadet of the house was an officer of the great Duke and distinguished in the famous Saint Bartholomew conspiracy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The remainder of the play ended--the Saracen's head was cut off, and Saint George stood as victor. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I never discuss a Saint after dark, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Father of all in every age, in every clime adored By saint, by savage and by sage, Jehovah, Jove or Lord. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was remarkable; but, the taste of Saint Antoine seemed to be decidedly opposed to a rose on the head-dress of Madame Defarge. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Never, if Saint Antoine knew his own sufferings, insults, and wrongs! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- My dearest, I am no saint, to be able to instruct you in such things; and I am afraid my views are not what the Church would approve of. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- My name is Defarge, and I keep a wine-shop in the Quarter Saint Antoine. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- You did not, nor will you fancy, pursued he, that a saint in heaven perturbs herself with rivalries of earth? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The citizen here indicated nodded his head, and added: He is accused by Saint Antoine. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Little need to show that this detested family name had long been anathematised by Saint Antoine, and was wrought into the fatal register. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The hour was come, when Saint Antoine was to execute his horrible idea of hoisting up men for lamps to show what he could be and do. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Blaspheme not the holy saints, Sir Reginald, said De Bracy, we shall have need of their aid to-day before yon rascal rout disband. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We have seen pictures of martyrs enough, and saints enough, to regenerate the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I go; but when I return, I swear by all the saints that you shall suffer agonies for every word you have uttered to-day. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I can't bear saints. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then what a splendid art it must be, if it keeps the pictures of the blessed saints for us! Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the catacombs were buried St. Cecilia, St. Agnes, and several other of the most celebrated of the saints. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To be anxious about a soul that is always snapping at you must be left to the saints of the earth; and Mary was not one of them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Oh, great saints! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Now, the saints forbid, said the Prior, that the son of the Saxon Cedric should leave our convent ere his wounds were healed! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- What gasconading rascals those saints must have been, if they first boasted these exploits or invented these miracles. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It would be pleasing to the saints if one used so fine a rosary as this, instead of wearing it as a vain bijou. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- One night a thunder-storm broke; a sort of hurricane shook us in our beds: the Catholics rose in panic and prayed to their saints. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But I will undo some of my work that you saints call wicked. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This book contained legends of the saints. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Neither of Peter nor of Paul nor of any of the other saints nor apostles. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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