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saint

UK/seɪnt/ US/sənt/ common uk
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

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

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verb

1.

hold sacred

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2.

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”
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Origin

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”)).

Phrases

  • All Saints
  • folk saint
  • Gulf of Saint Lawrence
  • military saint
  • patience of a saint
  • patron saint
  • plaster saint
  • the lists of derived terms at Saint and St

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