Definition of saint

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Saint (n.) One canonized by the church.

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Parkleaves :: Parkleaves (n.) A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
Allhallows :: Allhallows (n.) All the saints (in heaven).
Perseverance :: Perseverance (n.) Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism..
Sanctimonious :: Sanctimonious (a.) Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.
Saintish :: Saintish (a.) Somewhat saintlike; -- used ironically.
Hagiographer :: Hagiographer (n.) One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.
Maurist :: Maurist (n.) A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature..
Sainting :: Sainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sain.
Seint :: Seint (n.) A saint.
Sanctimonious :: Sanctimonious (a.) Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.
Patron :: Patron (n.) A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
Sainthood :: Sainthood (n.) The order, or united body, of saints; saints, considered collectively..
Allhallows :: Allhallows (n.) All Saints' Day, November 1st..
Feretory :: Feretory (n.) A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints..
Unsaint :: Unsaint (v. t.) To deprive of saintship; to deny sanctity to.
Nimbus :: Nimbus (n.) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5..
Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture..
Latter-day Saint :: Latter-day saint () A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.
Sanctity :: Sanctity (n.) A saint or holy being.
Legend :: Legend (n.) A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature..
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