saint

noun · verb · prefixA2

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noun

Plural noun:

saintsStSt.

1.
(religion, generally) 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.
(Christianity) One of the blessed in heaven.
3.
(Christianity) A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
4.
(Mormonism, alt of, specifically)Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).
5.
(broadly, figuratively)(figuratively, by extension) A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
Dorothy Day was a living saint.
Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!
6.
(archaic)A holy object.

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verb

V_es/s

saints

V_ing/Gerund

sainting

V_ed/pp

sainted

1.
(transitive)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.
Đồng nghĩa: canonize

prefix

StSt.

1.
(morpheme)(toponymy) Capitalized and placed before another term, particularly personal names, to create placename without direct association to any religious character.

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Đồng nghĩa

canonize hallowholy person hallow obsolete

Cùng gốc / liên quan

Sthallow holyhallow, holy

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Nguồn gốc từ

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). Sanctus. Displaced native halwe from hālga (> Modern hallow).