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saint
(sānt)n.
1. Christianity
a. Abbr. St. or S. A person officially recognized, especially by canonization, as being entitled to public veneration and capable of interceding for people on earth.
b. A person who has died and gone to heaven.
c. Saint A member of any of various Christian groups, especially a Latter-Day Saint.
2. A person who is venerated for holiness in a non-Christian religious tradition.
3. An extremely virtuous person.
tr.v. saint·ed, saint·ing, saints
1. To name, recognize, or venerate as a saint.
2. To regard or venerate as extremely virtuous.
[Middle English seint, from Old French saint, from Late Latin sānctus, from Latin, holy, past participle of sancīre, to consecrate; see sak- in Indo-European roots.]
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saint
(seɪnt; unstressed sənt)n
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who after death is formally recognized by a Christian Church, esp the Roman Catholic Church, as having attained, through holy deeds or behaviour, a specially exalted place in heaven and the right to veneration
2. a person of exceptional holiness or goodness
3. (Bible) (plural) Bible the collective body of those who are righteous in God's sight
vb
(Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to canonize; recognize formally as a saint
[C12: from Old French, from Latin sanctus holy, from sancīre to hallow]
ˈsaintdom n
ˈsaintless adj
ˈsaintlike adj
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saint
(seɪnt)n.
1. a person of exceptional holiness, formally recognized by the Christian Church esp. by canonization.
2. a person of great virtue or benevolence.
3. a founder or patron, as of a movement.
4. a member of any of various Christian groups.
v.t. 5. to acknowledge as a saint; canonize.
[1150–1200; Middle English seint(e) < Old French saint(e) < Late Latin sānctus, Latin: inviolate, holy, sacred, orig. past participle of sancīre to confirm, sanction; replacing Old English sanct < Latin]
Saint.
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saint
Past participle: sainted
Gerund: sainting
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| Noun | 1. |  saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonizationsainthood - saints collectively deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force patron saint - a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation |
| 2. |  saint - person of exceptional holiness Buddha - one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment good person - a person who is good to other people | |
| 3. | saint - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal role model, model - someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model" class act - someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence humdinger - someone of remarkable excellence; "a humdinger of a secretary" | |
| Verb | 1. | saint - hold sacred |
| 2. | saint - declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized" organized religion, religion, faith - an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him" |
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saint
noun
Saints
| Saint | Feast day |
|---|---|
| Agatha | 5 February |
| Agnes | 31 January |
| Aidan | 31 August |
| Alban | 22 June |
| Albertus Magnus | 15 November |
| Aloysius (patron saint of youth) | 21 June |
| Ambrose | 7 December |
| Andrew (Scotland) | 30 November |
| Anne | 26 July |
| Anselm | 21 April |
| Anthony or Antony | 17 January |
| Anthony or Antony of Padua | 13 June |
| Athanasius | 2 May |
| Augustine of Hippo | 28 August |
| Barnabas | 11 June |
| Bartholomew | 24 August |
| Basil | 2 January |
| Bede | 25 May |
| Benedict | 11 July |
| Bernadette of Lourdes | 16 April |
| Bernard of Clairvaux | 20 August |
| Bernard of Menthon | 28 May |
| Bonaventura or Bonaventure | 15 July |
| Boniface | 5 June |
| Brendan | 16 May |
| Bridget, Bride or Brigid (Ireland) | 1 February |
| Bridget or Birgitta (Sweden) | 23 July |
| Catherine of Alexandria | 25 November |
| Catherine of Siena (the Dominican Order) | 29 April |
| Cecilia (music) | 22 November |
| Charles Borromeo | 4 November |
| Christopher (travellers) | 25 July |
| Clare of Assisi | 11 August |
| Clement I | 23 November |
| Clement of Alexandria | 5 December |
| Columba or Colmcille | 9 June |
| Crispin (shoemakers) | 25 October |
| Crispinian (shoemakers) | 25 October |
| Cuthbert | 20 March |
| Cyprian | 16 September |
| Cyril | 14 February |
| Cyril of Alexandria | 27 June |
| David (Wales) | 1 March |
| Denis (France) | 9 October |
| Dominic | 7 August |
| Dorothy | 6 February |
| Dunstan | 19 May |
| Edmund | 20 November |
| Edward the Confessor | 13 October |
| Edward the Martyr | 18 March |
| Elizabeth | 5 November |
| Elizabeth of Hungary | 17 November |
| Elmo | 2 June |
| Ethelbert or Æthelbert | 25 February |
| Francis of Assisi | 4 October |
| Francis of Sales | 24 January |
| Francis Xavier | 3 December |
| Geneviève (Paris) | 3 January |
| George (England) | 23 April |
| Gertrude | 16 November |
| Gilbert of Sempringham | 4 February |
| Giles (cripples, beggars, and lepers) | 1 September |
| Gregory I (the Great) | 3 September |
| Gregory VII or Hildebrand | 25 May |
| Gregory of Nazianzus | 2 January |
| Gregory of Nyssa | 9 March |
| Gregory of Tours | 17 November |
| Hilary of Poitiers | 13 January |
| Hildegard of Bingen | 17 September |
| Helen or Helena | 18 August |
| Helier | 16 July |
| Ignatius | 17 October |
| Ignatius of Loyola | 31 July |
| Isidore of Seville | 4 April |
| James | 23 October |
| James the Less | 3 May |
| Jane Frances de Chantal | 12 December |
| Jerome | 30 September |
| Joachim | 26 July |
| Joan of Arc | 30 May |
| John | 27 December |
| John Bosco | 31 January |
| John Chrysostom | 13 September |
| John Ogilvie | 10 March |
| John of Damascus | 4 December |
| John of the Cross | 14 December |
| John the Baptist | 24 June |
| Joseph | 19 March |
| Joseph of Arimathaea | 17 March |
| Joseph of Copertino | 18 September |
| Jude | 28 October |
| Justin | 1 June |
| Kentigern or Mungo | 14 January |
| Kevin | 3 June |
| Lawrence | 10 August |
| Lawrence O'Toole | 14 November |
| Leger | 2 October |
| Leo I (the Great) | 10 November |
| Leo II | 3 July |
| Leo III | 12 June |
| Leo IV | 17 July |
| Leonard | 6 November |
| Lucy | 13 December |
| Luke | 18 October |
| Malachy | 3 November |
| Margaret | 20 July |
| Margaret of Scotland | 10 June, 16 November (in Scotland) |
| Maria Goretti | 6 July |
| Mark | 25 April |
| Martha | 29 July |
| Martin de Porres | 3 November |
| Martin of Tours (France) | 11 November |
| Mary | 15 August |
| Mary Magdalene | 22 July |
| Matthew or Levi | 21 September |
| Matthias | 14 May |
| Methodius | 14 February |
| Michael | 29 September |
| Neot | 31 July |
| Nicholas (Russia, children, sailors, merchants, and pawnbrokers) | 6 December |
| Nicholas I (the Great) | 13 November |
| Ninian | 16 September |
| Olaf or Olav (Norway) | 29 July |
| Oliver Plunket or Plunkett | 1 July |
| Oswald | 28 February |
| Pachomius | 14 May |
| Patrick (Ireland) | 17 March |
| Paul | 29 June |
| Paulinus | 10 October |
| Paulinus of Nola | 22 June |
| Peter or Simon Peter | 29 June |
| Philip | 3 May |
| Philip Neri | 26 May |
| Pius V | 30 April |
| Pius X | 21 August |
| Polycarp | 26 January or 23 February |
| Rose of Lima | 23 August |
| Sebastian | 20 January |
| Silas | 13 July |
| Simon Zelotes | 28 October |
| Stanislaw or Stanislaus (Poland) | 11 April |
| Stanislaus Kostka | 13 November |
| Stephen | 26 or 27 December |
| Stephen of Hungary | 16 or 20 August |
| Swithin or Swithun | 15 July |
| Teresa or Theresa of Avila | 15 October |
| Thérèse de Lisieux | 1 October |
| Thomas | 3 July |
| Thomas à Becket | 29 December |
| Thomas Aquinas | 28 January |
| Thomas More | 22 June |
| Timothy | 26 January |
| Titus | 26 January |
| Ursula | 21 October |
| Valentine | 14 February |
| Veronica | 12 July |
| Vincent de Paul | 27 September |
| Vitus | 15 June |
| Vladimir | 15 July |
| Wenceslaus or Wenceslas | 28 September |
| Wilfrid | 12 October |
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Translations
إنْسان طيِّب جِدا، قِدّيسقِدّيسقِدِّيس
-ásvatýsvětec
helgensankt
pyhimys
svetac
szent
dÿrlingur
聖人
성인
šventas žmogus
eņģelis zemes virsūsvētaissvēts cilvēks
heiligeheiligverklaren
sfântsfântă
svetisvetnik
helgon
นักบุญ
vị thánh
saint
[seɪnt] N1. → santo/a m/f
saint's day → fiesta f (de santo)
All Saints' Day → día m de Todos los Santos (1 noviembre)
my mother was a saint (fig) → mi madre era una santa
she's no saint (iro) → ella no es una santa, que digamos
saint's day → fiesta f (de santo)
All Saints' Day → día m de Todos los Santos (1 noviembre)
my mother was a saint (fig) → mi madre era una santa
she's no saint (iro) → ella no es una santa, que digamos
2. (in names) Saint John → San Juan
Saint Bernard (= dog) → perro m de San Bernardo
Saint Elmo's fire → fuego m de Santelmo
Saint Kitts (in West Indies) → San Cristóbal
Saint Patrick's Day → el día or la fiesta de San Patricio
Saint Theresa → Santa Teresa
Saint Vitus' dance → baile m de San Vito
see also valentine
Saint Bernard (= dog) → perro m de San Bernardo
Saint Elmo's fire → fuego m de Santelmo
Saint Kitts (in West Indies) → San Cristóbal
Saint Patrick's Day → el día or la fiesta de San Patricio
Saint Theresa → Santa Teresa
Saint Vitus' dance → baile m de San Vito
see also valentine
3. (as name of church) they were married at Saint Mark's → se casaron en la iglesia de San Marcos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
saint
[ˈseɪnt] n (= religious figure) → saint(e) m/f
(= good person) → saint(e) m/f
he's no saint → ce n'est pas un saintSaint Bernard n (= dog) → saint-bernard mSaint Lawrence n
the Saint Lawrence → le Saint-Laurent
he's no saint → ce n'est pas un saintSaint Bernard n (= dog) → saint-bernard mSaint Lawrence n
the Saint Lawrence → le Saint-Laurent
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
saint
n
→ Heilige(r) mf
(before name) (abbr St [snt]) St John → der heilige Johannes, Sankt Johannes, St. Johannes; St Francis → der heilige Franziskus; St Mark’s (Church) → die Markuskirche
(fig) → Heilige(r) mf; she is a saint to put up with that → sie muss ja eine Engelsgeduld haben, dass sie sich das gefallen lässt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
saint
[seɪnt] n (also) (fig) → santo/aSaint John → San Giovanni
Saint Mark's (Church) → (la chiesa di) San Marco
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
saint
(seint) , ((before a name) snt) noun1. (often abbreviated to St , especially when used in the names of places, plants etc) a title given especially by the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches to a very good or holy person after his death. Saint Matthew; St John's Road.
2. a very good, kind person. You really are a saint to put up with her.
ˈsaintly adjectiveHe led a saintly life; a saintly expression.
ˈsaintliness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
saint
→ قِدِّيس světec helgen Heiliger άγιος santo pyhimys saint svetac santo 聖人 성인 heilige helgen święty santo святой helgon นักบุญ aziz vị thánh 圣人Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009