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Definition of: saint
(sānt) noun
1. A holy, godly, or sanctified person; in the New Testament, any Christian believer. Eph. i 1.
2. Such a person who has died and been canonized by certain churches, as the Roman Catholic.
3. Any one of the blessed in heaven.
4. An angel.
5. A very patient, unselfish person.
—v.t. To canonize; venerate as a saint.
—adjective Holy; canonized: as a title, often abbreviated to St. [<OF seint, saint <L sanctus, orig. holy, consecrated, pp. of sancire make sacred]
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