saint
PERSON WHO HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HAVING AN EXCEPTIONAL DEGREE OF HOLINESS, SANCTITY, AND VIRTUE
Saints; Christian saint; Sainthood; Christian saints; Saint (Christianity); Saintliness; Catholic Saint; Cloud of witnesses; Saints in Protestantism; Saint And Saintliness; Catholic saint; Cult of saints; Saints of the Roman Catholic Church; Sainted; Greek Orthodox saints; Roman Catholic saint; Saint Puhwegweg; Living saint; Saint (Islamic); Saint (Muslim); Saint (Catholicism); Saint (Catholism); Saint, Saintliness; Buddhist saint; Saint (Catholic); Saint (Roman Catholic); Saint (Catholiciscm); Saint (Roman Catholiciscm); Local saint; Saints in the Catholic Church; Saint in the Catholic Church; Roman Catholic Saint
(saints)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A saint is someone who has died and been officially recognized and honoured by the Christian church because his or her life was a perfect example of the way Christians should live.
Every parish was named after a saint.
...Saint John.
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2.
If you refer to a living person as a saint, you mean that they are extremely kind, patient, and unselfish.
My girlfriend is a saint to put up with me.
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