Definitions for saint
seɪntsaint

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. saintnoun

   a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

2. saint, holy man, holy person, angelnoun

   person of exceptional holiness

3. ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuchverb

   model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

4. enshrine, saintverb

   hold sacred

5. canonize, canonise, saintverb

   declare (a dead person) to be a saint

   "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. saintnoun

   A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint".

   Kateri Tekawitha was proclaimed a saint.

2. saintnoun

   A person with positive qualities.

   Dorothy Day was a living saint.

3. saintnoun

   One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God's service.

   to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours. (1Cor. 1:2)

4. saintverb

   To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.

   Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.

5. Saintnoun

   A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.

   Kateri Tekawitha was proclaimed a saint.

6. Saintnoun

   someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, as a fan, player, coach etc.

   Dorothy Day was a living saint.

7. Etymology: From saint

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SAINTnoun

   A person eminent for piety and virtue.

   Etymology: saint, French; sanctus, Latin.

   To thee be worship and thy saints for aye. William Shakespeare.

   She will not stay the siege of loving terms,
   Nor ope her lap to saint seducing gold. William Shakespeare.

   Then thus I cloath my naked villainy
   With old odd ends, stol’n forth of holy writ,
   And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. William Shakespeare.

   Miracles are required of all who aspire to this dignity, because they say an hypocrite may imitate a saint in all other particulars. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   By thy example kings are taught to sway,
   Heroes to fight, and saints may learn to pray. George Granville.

   So unaffected, so compos’d a mind;
   So firm, yet soft, so strong, yet so refin’d,
   Heav’n, as its purest gold, by tortures try’d;
   The saint sustain’d it, but the woman dy’d. Alexander Pope.

2. To Saintverb

   To number among saints; to reckon among saints by a publick decree; to canonize.

   Etymology: from the noun

   Are not the principles of those wretches still owned, and their persons sainted, by a race of men of the same stamp? South.

   Over against the church stands a large hospital, erected by a shoemaker, who has been beatified, though never sainted. Add.

   Thy place is here, sad sister; come away:
   Once, like thyself, I trembled, wept, and pray’d;
   Love’s victim then, though now a sainted maid. Alexander Pope.

3. To Saintverb

   To act with a shew of piety.

   Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it,
   If folly grows romantick, I must paint it. Alexander Pope.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Saintnoun

   a person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God

2. Saintnoun

   one of the blessed in heaven

3. Saintnoun

   one canonized by the church

4. Saintverb

   to make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one)

5. Saintverb

   to act or live as a saint

6. Etymology: [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. Sacred, Sanctity, Sanctum, Sanctus.]

FreebaseRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. Saint

   A saint is one who has been recognized for having an exceptional degree of holiness, sanctity, and virtue. While the English term "saint" originated in Christianity, the term is now used by historians of religion "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people," with the Jewish Tzadik, the Islamic wali, the Hindu rishi or guru, and the Buddhist arhat or bodhisattva also referred to as saints. Depending on the religion, saints are recognized either through official church recognition or by popular acclaim. In Christianity, "saint" has a wide variety of meanings, depending on its usage and the denomination. The original Christian usage referred to any believer who is "in Christ" and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth. In Orthodox and Catholic teachings, all Christians in heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered to be worthy of higher honor, emulation, or veneration, with official church recognition given to some saints through canonization or glorification.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Saint

   sānt, n. a sanctified or holy person: one eminent for piety: one of the blessed dead: one canonised by the R.C. Church: an image of a saint: an angel: (pl.) Israelites as a people: Christians generally.—v.t. to salute as a saint.—adj. Saint′ed, made a saint: holy: sacred: gone to heaven: canonised.—n. Saint′hood.—adj. Saint′ish, somewhat saintly, or affectedly so.—n. Saint′ism, the character or quality of a saint: sanctimoniousness.—adjs. Saint′-like, Saint′ly, like or becoming a saint.—adv. Saint′lily.—n. Saint′liness.—adj. Saint′-seem′ing, appearing like a saint.—n. Saint′ship, the character of a saint.—Saint's day, a day set apart for the commemoration of a particular saint; St Agnes's flower, the snowflake; St Andrew's cross, a North American shrub; St Andrew's Day, 30th November; St Anthony's fire, erysipelas; St Anthony's nut, the pig-nut or hawk-nut; St Audrey's necklace, a string of holy stones; St Barbara's cress, the yellow rocket; St Barnaby's thistle, the English star-thistle; St Bennet's herb, the herb bennet; St Bernard, a kind of dog; St Blase's disease, quinsy; St Cassian beds, a division of the Triassic series; St Crispin's Day, 25th October; St David's Day, 1st March; St Domingo duck, a West Indian duck; St Domingo grebe, the smallest grebe in America; St Elmo's fire (see Elmo's fire); St George's Day, 23d April; St George's ensign, the distinguishing flag of the British navy, a red cross on a white field; St Hubert's disease, hydrophobia; St John's bread, the carob bean: ergot of rye; St John's Day, 27th December; St John's hawk, a blackish variety of the rough-legged buzzard; St Julien, an esteemed red Bordeaux wine from the Médoc region; St Leger, the name of a race run at Doncaster, so called since 1778 from Col. St Leger; St Luke's summer, a period of pleasant weather about the middle of October; St Martin's evil, drunkenness; St Martin's summer, a season of mild, damp weather in late autumn; St Nicholas's Day, 6th December; St Patrick's Day, 17th March; St Peter's finger, a belemnite; St Peter's fish, the dory; St Peter's wort, a name of several plants; St Pierre group, a thick mass of shales in the upper Missouri region; St Swithin's Day, 15th July; St Valentine's Day, 14th February; St Vitus's dance, chorea.—All-Saints' Day, a feast observed by the Latin Church on 1st November, in the Greek Church on the first Sunday after Pentecost; Communion of the Saints, the spiritual fellowship of all true believers, the blessed dead as well as the faithful living, mystically united in each other in Christ; Intercession, Perseverance, of saints (see Intercession, Perseverance); Latter-day saints, the Mormons' name for themselves; Patron saint, a saint who is regarded as a protector, as St George of England, St Andrew of Scotland, St Patrick of Ireland, St David of Wales, St Denis of France, St James of Spain, St Nicholas of Russia, St Stephen of Hungary, St Mark of Venice, &c. [Fr.,—L. sanctus, holy.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Saint

   a name applied to a holy or sacred person, especially one canonised; in the plural it is the name assumed by the Mormons.

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. saint

   1. Generally speaking, a person who retires into the wilderness of the spirit in order to coddle a ruling weakness. 2. To become polite toward God and His universe. 3. A steeplejack on miraged minarets.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SAINT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Saint is ranked #15442 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Saint surname appeared 1,897 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Saint.
   
   81.7% or 1,550 total occurrences were White.
   9.1% or 173 total occurrences were Black.
   4.2% or 80 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.7% or 52 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.3% or 26 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Declare
   • Deity
   • Religion
   • Venerate

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'saint' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4459

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'saint' in Nouns Frequency: #2214

Anagrams for saint »

1. satin

2. sat in

3. stain

4. tians

5. tisan

6. antis

How to pronounce saint?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say saint in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of saint in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of saint in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of saint in a Sentence

1. Michael Zeldin:

   In some sense, Paul Manafort has already testified through the admission of Paul Manafort emails, as a prosecutor, you can say Gates was credible. He's not a saint, he's an admitted sinner, he's going to go to jail for his sins, but what he told you today is true. We know it's true because of all the other witnesses who we'll go through the testimony of, and all the documentary evidence which we'll go through, including emails from Mr. Paul Manafort, that corroborate Paul Manafort testimony.

2. Alvin Kamara:

   People, theyre strong about this fantasy football throughout the whole year. I dont want to even echo some of the stuff that theyve messaged and tweeted, stuff like that. But its good to see people keep their word and theyre willing to donate, i dont know how much you play fantasy football for ; Ive never played it. But its going to a good organization. Im just blessed to be able to help Son of a Saint at the same time.

3. Kardashian West:

   But then it's kind of like North, Saint, Chicago, Rob, it doesn't really go, but I was really feeling that.

4. Nelson Mandela:

   I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

5. Filmmaker Katie Cokinos:

   When we were trying to raise money, having Rick present and people seeing that he gave his blessings and liked the script, that definitely helped, rick's been a patron saint of the film.

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