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Saint

noun

1 saint

A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization.

Roget 985: revelation, inspiration, afflatus; theophany, theopneusty.    Word, Word of God; Scripture; the Scriptures, the Bible; Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures; inspired writings, Gospel.    ... show more

Roget 988: impiety; sin etc. 945; irreverence; profaneness etc. adj.; profanity, profanation; blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege; scoffing ... show more

Dutch: heilige, Sint
Polish: święty

2 saint

Person of exceptional holiness.

synonyms: angel, holy man, holy person.

Roget 977: angel, archangel; guardian angel; heavenly host, host of heaven, sons of God; seraph, seraphim; cherub, cherubim.    ministering spirit, morning star.    saint, patron saint, ... show more

Roget 948: good man, honest man, worthy.    good woman, perfect lady, Madonna.    model, paragon etc. (perfection) 650; good example; hero, ... show more

Dutch: engel, Sint, heilige, sint

3 saint

Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.

synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon.

Dutch: paragon, toonbeeld
Polish: doskonałość

Roget 987: piety, religion, theism, faith; religiousness, holiness etc. adj.; saintship; religionism; sanctimony etc. (assumed piety) 988; ... show more

verb

1 saint

Hold sacred.

synonym: enshrine.

2 saint

Declare (a dead person) to be a saint.

synonyms: canonise, canonize.


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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