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Definition of saint noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

saint

noun
 
 
/seɪnt/, before names
 
/snt/
 
/seɪnt/
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  1.  
    (abbreviation S, St)
    a person that the Christian Church recognizes as being very holy, because of the way they have lived or died
    • St John
    • St Valentine’s Day
    • The children were all named after saints.
    see also patron saintTopics Religion and festivalsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • patron
    • Buddhist
    • Catholic
    • …
    verb + saint
    • canonize
    • venerate
    • become
    • …
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  2.  
    a very good, kind or patient person
    • She's a saint to go on living with that man.
    • His behaviour would try the patience of a saint.
    see also plaster saintTopics Personal qualitiesc1
    3. Word OriginMiddle English, from Old French seint, from Latin sanctus ‘holy’, past participle of sancire ‘consecrate’.
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