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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.
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
etc.
(seer)
513;
evangelist,
apostle,
disciple,
saint;
the Fathers,
the Apostolical Fathers†;
Holy Men of old,
inspired penmen.
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Roget 988:
impiety;
sin
etc.
945;
irreverence;
profaneness
etc.
adj.;
profanity,
profanation;
blasphemy,
desecration,
sacrilege;
scoffing
etc.
v..
[feigned piety]
hypocrisy
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
pietism,
cant,
pious fraud;
lip devotion,
lip service,
lip reverence;
misdevotion†,
formalism,
austerity;
sanctimony,
sanctimoniousness
etc.
adj.;
pharisaism,
precisianism†;
sabbatism†,
sabbatarianism†;
odium theologicum [Lat.],
sacerdotalism†;
bigotry
etc.
(obstinacy)
606,
(prejudice)
481;
blue laws.
hardening,
backsliding,
declension,
perversion,
reprobation.
sinner
etc.
949;
scoffer,
blasphemer;
sacrilegist†;
sabbath breaker;
worldling;
hypocrite
etc.
(dissembler)
548;
Tartufe†,
Mawworm†.
bigot;
saint [Iron.];
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.
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is a specific kind of: deity, divinity, god, immortal.
is a broader term that covers: patron saint.
instances of which are: 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 ... show more.
is a member of: sainthood.
derivation: sainthood | canonise, canonize, saintv2 | bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctify | angelic, angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly.
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,
Madonna;
invisible helpers.
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Roget 948:
good man,
honest man,
worthy.
good woman,
perfect lady,
Madonna.
model,
paragon
etc.
(perfection)
650;
good example;
hero,
heroine,
demigod,
seraph,
angel;
innocent
etc.
946;
saint
etc.
(piety)
987;
benefactor
etc.
912;
philanthropist
etc.
910;
Aristides†;
noble liver†,
pattern.
brick [Slang],
trump [Slang],
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.
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Dutch: engel, Sint, heilige, sint
3 saint
Roget 987:
piety,
religion,
theism,
faith;
religiousness,
holiness
etc.
adj.;
saintship†;
religionism†;
sanctimony
etc.
(assumed piety)
988;
reverence
etc.
(respect)
928;
humility,
veneration,
devotion;
prostration
etc.
(worship)
990;
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 [Fr.],
Our Lady.
the children of God,
the children of the Kingdom,
the children of the light.
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verb
1 saint
2 saint
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, 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 ... show more.
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