saint

Meaning

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. One of the blessed in heaven.
3. A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
4. Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”)
5. A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
6. A holy object.

sage

holy

holy man

holy person

religious person

perfect person

say a prayer

pious man

holy priest

object of worship

man of noble character

holy woman

person of lofty virtue

saintlike

divine person

holyman

plaster saint

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seɪnt/

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”)).