saint
//seɪnt//
Forms
- Plural
- saints
- present (v1)
- saint
- past (v2)
- sainted
- past participle (v3)
- sainted
- present participle
- sainting
- 3rd person singular
- saints
Definitions
1.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.
2.One of the blessed in heaven.
3.A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
- Unto the Church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Iesus, called to be Saints, with all that in euery place call vpon the Name of Iesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.
4.Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).
1.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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3921
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
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”).