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saint

noun
/seɪnt//sɛnt/UK

Etymology

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”)).

  1. derived from sānctus
  2. derived from saint
  3. inherited from sanct — “saint”
  4. inherited from saint

Definitions

  1. A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as…

    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. One of the blessed in heaven.

    • Then ſhall thy Saints unmixt, and from th' impure / Farr ſeparate, circling thy holy Mount / Unfained Halleluiahs to thee ſing,

  3. A Christian

    A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.

    • Unto the Church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Iesus, called to be Saints, with all that in euery place call vpon the Name of Iesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.
  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).

    2. A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities

      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!

    3. A holy object.

      • It is ruine to a man to deuoure ſaintes, and afterward to retracte the vowes.

    4. Synonym of canonize

      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.

    5. Capitalized and placed before another term, particularly personal names, to create…

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

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

      • Saint Stephen was the first martyr.

    7. A Latter-day Saint, a Mormon.

      • the Kirtland Saints
      • They settled in Kaw Township, a dozen miles from Independence, becoming the first Saints to be resettled in the newly designated Zion.
      • The project’s goal was to “fortify the faith of the Saints,” he said, “while at the same time paying attention to hard things.”

    8. Someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, such as a player or…

      Someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, such as a player or coach, or sometimes a fan.

      • In 1971, during Archie Manning's first game as a New Orleans Saint and the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams, […]
      • Former New Orleans Saint and current blues historian at Tulane University, Nick Travers becomes involved in a case related to the mysterious death […]
      • Their prayers were answered when future New Orleans Saint and Super Bowl champion Jabari Greer intercepted Croyle's pass. In the fourth overtime, ...

    9. Saint class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.

    10. A surname.

    11. A nickname, given to someone of very good character.

    12. A nickname, given to someone of extreme religiosity.

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Derived

the lists of derived terms at Saint and St, All Saints, besaint, blacke-saint, folk saint, fool-saint, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, military saint, narco-saint, patience of a saint, patron saint, plaster saint, Saint Andrew, Saint Aubin, saintdom, saintess, saintful, sainthead, Saint Helier, sainthood, saintish, saintism, Saint-Jérôme, Saint Johnstown, Saint Joseph, Saint-Lambert, saintless, saintlike, saintling, saintly, Saint-Maurice, Saint Michael, saintology, Saint Peter, saintship, sainty, Sunday saint, Theddlethorpe All Saints, unsaint, Wainfleet All Saints

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at saint. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at saint. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at saint

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA