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saints

 
Noun saint has 3 senses
  1. saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
    --1 is a kind of
    deity, divinity, god, immortal
    --1 is a member of sainthood
    --1 has particulars:
     patron saint; Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose; Andrew, Saint Andrew, St. Andrew, Saint Andrew the Apostle; Anselm, Saint Anselm, St. Anselm; Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas; Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great; Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo; Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great; Becket, Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket; Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede; Benedict, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict; Boniface, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, Apostle of Germany; Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bride; Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno; Dominic, Saint Dominic, St. Dominic, Domingo de Guzman; Edward the Confessor, Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor; Edward the Martyr, Saint Edward the Martyr, St. Edward the Martyr; Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis, St. Francis, Giovanni di Bernardone; Gregory, Gregory I, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I, Gregory the Great; Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen; Ignatius, Saint Ignatius, St. Ignatius; Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Loyola; James, Saint James, St. James, Saint James the Apostle, St. James the Apostle; Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine; John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom; John the Baptist, St. John the Baptist; Jude, Saint Jude, St. Jude, Judas, Thaddaeus; Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius; Leo I, St. Leo I, Leo the Great; Louis IX, Saint Louis, St. Louis; Luke, Saint Luke, St. Luke; Mark, Saint Mark, St. Mark; Martin, St. Martin; Mary Magdalene, St. Mary Magdalene, Mary Magdalen, St. Mary Magdalen; Matthew, Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, St. Matthew the Apostle, Levi; Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholas; Olaf II, Olav II, Saint Olaf, Saint Olav, St. Olaf, St. Olav; Paul, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Apostle Paul, Paul the Apostle, Apostle of the Gentiles, Saul, Saul of Tarsus; Peter, Simon Peter, Saint Peter, St. Peter, Saint Peter the Apostle, St. Peter the Apostle; Simon, St. Simon, Simon Zelotes, Simon the Zealot, Simon the Canaanite; Thomas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, doubting Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle; Vitus, St. Vitus
    Derived forms: verb saint2, verb sanctify1
  2. saint, holy man, holy person, angel - person of exceptional holiness
    --2 is a kind of good person
    --2 has particulars: Buddha; fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir
    Derived forms: verb sanctify1, verb sanctify2
  3. ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
    --3 is a kind of model, role model
    --3 has particulars:
     jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack; class act; humdinger
    Derived form: verb sanctify2
Verb saint has 2 senses
  1. enshrine, saint - hold sacred
    --1 is one way to reverence, fear, revere, venerate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. canonize, canonise, saint - in the Catholic church; declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
    --2 is one way to declare, adjudge, hold
    Derived form: noun saint1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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