saint
Pronunciation: /seɪnt/
The English word “saint” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
- One of the blessed in heaven.
- A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
- A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
- A holy object.
verb
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…
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