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Noun saint has 3 senses

• saint(n = noun.person) Array - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization; Array
is a member of sainthood
is a kind of deity, divinity, god, immortal
has particulars: patron saint, ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose, andrew, saint andrew, saint andrew the apostle, st. andrew, anselm, saint anselm, st. anselm, aquinas, saint thomas, saint thomas aquinas, st. thomas, st. thomas aquinas, thomas aquinas, athanasius, athanasius the great, saint athanasius, st. athanasius, augustine, augustine of hippo, saint augustine, st. augustine, basil, basil of caesarea, basil the great, st. basil, st. basil the great, becket, saint thomas a becket, st. thomas a becket, thomas a becket, baeda, beda, bede, saint baeda, saint beda, saint bede, st. baeda, st. beda, st. bede, the venerable bede, benedict, saint benedict, st. benedict, apostle of germany, boniface, saint boniface, st. boniface, winfred, wynfrith, bride, bridget, brigid, saint bride, saint bridget, saint brigid, st. bride, st. bridget, st. brigid, bruno, saint bruno, st. bruno, domingo de guzman, dominic, saint dominic, st. dominic, 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, giovanni di bernardone, saint francis, saint francis of assisi, st. francis, st. francis of assisi, gregory, gregory i, gregory the great, saint gregory i, st. gregory i, gregory, gregory nazianzen, gregory of nazianzen, st. gregory of nazianzen, ignatius, saint ignatius, st. ignatius, ignatius of loyola, loyola, saint ignatius of loyola, st. ignatius of loyola, irenaeus, saint irenaeus, st. irenaeus, james, saint james, saint james the apostle, st. james, st. james the apostle, eusebius hieronymus, eusebius sophronius hieronymus, hieronymus, jerome, saint jerome, st. jerome, john, john the divine, john the evangelist, saint john, saint john the apostle, st. john, st. john the apostle, john chrysostom, st. john chrysostom, john the baptist, st. john the baptist, judas, jude, saint jude, st. jude, thaddaeus, laurentius, lawrence, saint lawrence, st. lawrence, leo i, leo the great, st. leo i, louis ix, saint louis, st. louis, luke, saint luke, st. luke, mark, saint mark, st. mark, martin, st. martin, mary magdalen, mary magdalene, st. mary magdalen, st. mary magdalene, levi, matthew, saint matthew, saint matthew the apostle, st. matthew, st. matthew the apostle, nicholas, saint nicholas, st. nicholas, olaf ii, olav ii, saint olaf, saint olav, st. olaf, st. olav, apostle of the gentiles, apostle paul, paul, paul the apostle, saint paul, saul, saul of tarsus, st. paul, peter, saint peter, saint peter the apostle, simon peter, st. peter, st. peter the apostle, simon, simon the canaanite, simon the zealot, simon zelotes, st. simon, saint teresa of avila, teresa of avila, doubting thomas, saint thomas, st. thomas, thomas, thomas the doubting apostle, st. vitus, vitus
Derived forms verb saint₂, noun sainthood₂, noun sainthood₁, adjective saintly₁, verb sanctify₁

• saint(n = noun.person) angel, holy man, holy person - person of exceptional holiness; Array
has particulars: buddha, fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir
is a kind of good person
Derived forms noun sainthood₂, noun sainthood₁, adjective saintly₁, verb sanctify₂, verb sanctify₁

• saint(n = noun.person) apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal; Array
has particulars: crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey, class act, humdinger
is a kind of model, role model
Derived forms noun sainthood₂, verb sanctify₂

Verb saint has 2 senses

• saint(v = verb.emotion) enshrine - hold sacred; Array
is one way to fear, revere, reverence, venerate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• saint(v = verb.communication) canonise, canonize - declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
is one way to adjudge, declare, hold
Derived form noun saint₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

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saint

n. A dead sinner revised and edited.
The Duchess of Orleans relates that the irreverent old calumniator, Marshal Villeroi, who in his youth had known St. Francis de Sales, said, on hearing him called saint: "I am delighted to hear that Monsieur de Sales is a saint. He was fond of saying indelicate things, and used to cheat at cards. In other respects he was a perfect gentleman, though a fool."

THESAURUS

saint

Ambrose of Milan, Athanasius, Barnabas, Basil, Christian, Clement of Alexandria, Clement of Rome, Cyprian of Carthage, Cyril of Jerusalem, God-fearing man, Gregory of Nyssa, Hermas, Ignatius, Irenaeus, Jerome, John, John Chrysostom, Justin Martyr, Lactantius Firmianus, Luke, Mark, Origen, Papias, Paul, Peter, Polycarp, Tertullian, accepter, aggrandize, angel, angel of light, angel of love, ante-Nicene Fathers, apostle, apotheose, apotheosize, archangel, beatified soul, beatify, believer, bless, canonize, canonized mortal, catechumen, celestial, cherub, cherubim, churchgoer, churchite, churchman, cleanse, communicant, consecrate, convert, crown, daily communicant, dedicate, deify, devote, devotee, devotionalist, disciple, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, evangelist, exalt, fanatic, follower, frock, glamorize, glorify, good Christian, great soul, guru, hallow, heavenly being, holy man, immortalize, lionize, magnify, mahatma, make legendary, martyr, messenger of God, neophyte, ordain, patron saint, pietist, principality, proselyte, purify, raise, receiver, recording angel, religionist, rishi, sanctify, saved soul, seraph, seraphim, set apart, set up, soul in glory, starets, theist, throne, truster, uplift, votary, zealot

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Angel

N angel, archangel, guardian angel, heavenly host, host of heaven, sons of God, seraph, seraphim, cherub, cherubim, ministering spirit, morning star, saint, patron saint, Madonna, invisible helpers, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, saintly.

Judeo-Christian Revelation

N Judeo-christian revelation, revelation, inspiration, afflatus, theophany, theopneusty, Word, Word of God, Scripture, the Scriptures, the Bible, Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures, inspired writings, Gospel, Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate, Pentateuch, Octateuch, the Law, the Jewish Law, the Prophets, major Prophets, minor Prophets, Hagiographa, Hagiology, Hierographa, Apocrypha, New Testament, Gospels, Evangelists, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse, Revelations, Talmud, Mishna, Masorah, prophet, evangelist, apostle, disciple, saint, the Fathers, the Apostolical Fathers, Holy Men of old, inspired penmen, scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic, evangelical, evangelistic, apostolic, apostolical, inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, canonical, textuary.

Piety

N piety, religion, theism, faith, religiousness, holiness, saintship, religionism, sanctimony, reverence, humility, veneration, devotion, prostration, grace, unction, edification, sanctity, sanctitude, consecration, spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness, theopathy, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life, Body and Blood of Christ, believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist, the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect, Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady, the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light, pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly- minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic, saintly, saint-like, seraphic, sacred, solemn, believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic, elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth, ne vile fano, pure-eyed Faith, thou hovering angel girt with golden wings.

Impiety

N impiety, sin, irreverence, profaneness, profanity, profanation, blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege, scoffing, hypocrisy, pietism, cant, pious fraud, lip devotion, lip service, lip reverence, misdevotion, formalism, austerity, sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, pharisaism, precisianism, sabbatism, sabbatarianism, odium theologicum, sacerdotalism, bigotry blue laws, hardening, backsliding, declension, perversion, reprobation, sinner, scoffer, blasphemer, sacrilegist, sabbath breaker, worldling, hypocrite, Tartufe, Mawworm, bigot, saint, Pharisee, sabbatarian, formalist, methodist, puritan, pietist, precisian, religionist, devotee, ranter, fanatic, juramentado, the wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate, sons of men, sons of Belial, the wicked one, children of darkness, impious, irreligious, desecrating, profane, irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous, un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate, hardened, perverted, reprobate, hypocritical, canting, pietistical, sanctimonious, unctuous, pharisaical, overrighteous, righteous over much, bigoted, fanatical, priest-ridden, under the mask of religion, under the cloak of religion, under the pretense of religion, under the form of religion, under the guise of religion, giovane santo diavolo vecchio.

Good Man

N good man, honest man, worthy, good woman, perfect lady, Madonna, model, paragon, good example, hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel, innocent, saint, benefactor, philanthropist, Aristides, noble liver, pattern, brick, trump, gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling, salt of the earth, one in ten thousand, one in a million, a gentleman and a scholar, pillar of society, pillar of the community, a man among men, si sic omnes!.

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