Meaning of Saint | Babel Free

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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.
2. Saint (title)
3. A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.
4. A surname.
5. A nickname, given to someone of very good character.
6. One of the blessed in heaven.
7. For entries beginning with this word, see also St., Ste.
8. A Latter-day Saint, a Mormon.
   Mormonism
9. A nickname, given to someone of extreme religiosity.
10. A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
11. He led a saintly life; a saintly expression. heilige كالمَلاك، يُشْبِه القِدّيسين непорочен santo svatý, posvátný fromm, heilig from; helgenagtig που μοιάζει με άγιο, αγιοπρεπής de santo pühalik, pühaklik روحاني hurskas saint, sainte כְּמוֹ קָדוֹש सन्त सुलभ svetački szent saleh líkur dÿrlingi, háheilagur da santo, santo 徳の高い 성인다운 šventas svēts seperti wali vroom, engelachtigfrom, helgenaktig świątobliwy دبزرګۍ په توګه، دولايت په توګه santo de sfânt святой; безгрешный svätý, posvätný svet svet...
12. Someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, such as a player or coach, or sometimes a fan.
13. Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).
    Mormonism, alt-of, specifically
14. heiligheid قَداسَه، ملائِكِيَّه святост santidade svatost, posvátnost die Heiligkeit fromhed; helgenagtighed αγιότηταsantidad pühadus مقدس hurskaus saintetéקדושה साधुता svetost (élet)szentség kesalehan heilagleiki santità 徳の高さ 성인다움 šventumas svētums sifat seperti wali vroomheid, engelachtigheid det å være helgenaktig świętość مقدس santidade sfinţenie святость, безгрешность svätosť, posvätnosť svetništvo svetost helighet, fromhet ความเมตตากรุณา ermişlik, azizlik, evliyalık 聖潔 безгрішність, свя...
15. Saint class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
    UK
16. A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
    broadly, figuratively
17. Christianity a. Abbr. St. or S. A person officially recognized, especially by canonization, as being entitled to public veneration and capable of interceding for people on earth.
    Christianity
18. A holy object.
    archaic
19. A person who is venerated for holiness in a non-Christian religious tradition.
20. An extremely virtuous person.
21. To name, recognize, or venerate as a saint.
22. To regard or venerate as extremely virtuous.
23. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who after death is formally recognized by a Christian Church, esp the Roman Catholic Church, as having attained, through holy deeds or behaviour, a specially exalted place in heaven and the right to veneration
24. a person of exceptional holiness or goodness

Equivalents

Examples

“The Roman Catholic Church proclaimed Kateri Tekakwitha a saint in 2012.”

“Then ſhall thy Saints unmixt, and from th' impure / Farr ſeparate, circling thy holy Mount / Unfained Halleluiahs to thee ſing,”

“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.”

“Dorothy Day was a living saint.”

“Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!”

“It is ruine to a man to deuoure ſaintes, and afterward to retracte the vowes.”

“Saint Stephen was the first martyr.”

“the Kirtland Saints”

“They settled in Kaw Township, a dozen miles from Independence, becoming the first Saints to be resettled in the newly designated Zion.”

“The project’s goal was to “fortify the faith of the Saints,” he said, “while at the same time paying attention to hard things.””

“In 1971, during Archie Manning's first game as a New Orleans Saint and the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams, […]”

“Former New Orleans Saint and current blues historian at Tulane University, Nick Travers becomes involved in a case related to the mysterious death […]”

“Their prayers were answered when future New Orleans Saint and Super Bowl champion Jabari Greer intercepted Croyle's pass. In the fourth overtime, ...”

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