saint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪnt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
note: UK, as an unstressed, capitalised title
ipa: /sən(t)/
note: UK, as an unstressed, capitalised title
ipa: [sn̩(t)]
note: UK, as an unstressed, capitalised title
ipa: [sɨn(t)]
rhymes: -ənt
ipa: /sɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
homophone: sent
homophone: cent
homophone: scent
Forms: form: saints
form: St
form: St.
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”). Doublet of Sanctus. Displaced native Middle English halwe (“saint”) from Old English hālga (“saint, holy one”) (> Modern English hallow (“saint”)).
Senses: examples: text: The Roman Catholic Church proclaimed Kateri Tekakwitha a saint in 2012.
topics: lifestyle
religion
qualifier: generally
glosses: A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
examples: text: Then ſhall thy Saints unmixt, and from th' impure / Farr ſeparate, circling thy holy Mount / Unfained Halleluiahs to thee ſing,
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 742–744:
topics: Christianity
glosses: One of the blessed in heaven.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 1:2:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).
examples: text: Dorothy Day was a living saint.
text: Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!
glosses: A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
examples: text: It is ruine to a man to deuoure ſaintes, and afterward to retracte the vowes.
ref: 1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Proverbes 20:25, page 299:
glosses: A holy object.
Synonyms: sense: holy person
word: hallow
Hyponyms: sense: holy person
alt: nondenominational
word: holy man
topics: Buddhism
religion
lifestyle
sense: holy person
word: arhat
sense: holy person
english: East Asia and philosophical sects
translation: East Asia and philosophical sects
word: sage
sense: holy person
english: Taoism
translation: Taoism
word: immortal
sense: holy person
english: Islamic saint
translation: Islamic saint
word: wali
sense: holy person
english: Islamic saint
translation: Islamic saint
word: casis
sense: holy person
english: Turkish Sufi saint
translation: Turkish Sufi saint
word: sultan
sense: holy person
english: person revered for sacrificing their life for a cause, sometimes inclusive of secular reverence by nations or political parties
translation: person revered for sacrificing their life for a cause, sometimes inclusive of secular reverence by nations or political parties
word: martyr
sense: holy person
english: Christian saints other than martyrs
translation: Christian saints other than martyrs
word: confessor
sense: holy person
english: male Christian saint in Spanish contexts, usu. as a title
translation: male Christian saint in Spanish contexts, usu. as a title
word: san
sense: holy person
english: female Christian saint in Spanish contexts, usu. as a title
translation: female Christian saint in Spanish contexts, usu. as a title
word: santa
sense: holy person
english: female Christian saint in French contexts, usu. as a title
translation: female Christian saint in French contexts, usu. as a title
word: sainte
Derived terms: the lists of derived terms at Saint and St
All Saints
blacke-saint
folk saint
fool-saint
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
military saint
narco-saint
patience of a saint
patron saint
plaster saint
Saint Aubin
saintdom
saintess
saintful
sainthead
Saint Helier
sainthood
saintish
saintism
Saint-Jérôme
Saint Johnstown
Saint Joseph
Saint-Lambert
saintless
saintlike
saintly
Saint-Maurice
saintship
Sunday saint
Theddlethorpe All Saints
Wainfleet All Saints
Related terms: Santa
hallow
holy