saint
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,084 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,549 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
- person of exceptional holiness also: holy man, holy person, angel
- model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal also: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch
verb
- hold sacred also: enshrine
- declare (a dead person) to be a saint also: canonize, canonise After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized
saint in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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M. Saint Pavin had not the same stiff manner.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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In this state Henry and his favourite proceeded to the great western door of Saint George's Chapel.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1
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For my part I privately wished this saint wouldn't rub my uninteresting surname into me every time he spoke.
The Cavalier · George Washington Cable · Chapter 1
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No nobler utterance since the world began From lips of saint or martyr ever ran, Electric, through the sympathies of man.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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At each corner of the highways an afflicted one is seen, and the first saint who passes contends with the evil spirits.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1