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Saint

noun

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

Person of exceptional holiness. Synonyms: angel, holy man, holy person.

Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal. Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon.

verb

(past & past part. sainted; pres. part. sainting)

Hold sacred. Synonym: enshrine.

Declare (a dead person) to be a saint. Synonyms: canonise, canonize.

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"Saint" Quotes from Famous Books

... "But look here, my good fellow, what do you do with these saints and angels? do see, why here's a complete legend; do you mean to have this? Here's a set of miracles, and a woman invoking a saint in heaven." ...

— Loss and Gain - The Story of a Convert • John Henry Newman

... enough to provoke a saint!" replied a peevish voice from the furthest corner of the room. "You and your providences are more than I can stand. What do you mean this time, I should like to know? the picnic set for to-day, and every soul in the village lottin' on goin', 'xcept those who would like best to go and can't. ...

— "Some Say" - Neighbours in Cyrus • Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

... eleven the cannon began to roar on the plains of Mont Saint Jean,[2] but not before. Before that it had rained: rained heavily, and the ground was soaked through, and the all-powerful artillery of the most powerful military genius of all times was ...

— The Bronze Eagle - A Story of the Hundred Days • Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

... and Miquelon recent test drilling for oil in waters around Saint Pierre and Miquelon may bring future development that ...

— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States

... age when Bishop Isleif died, and at his death eighty years had elapsed since the fall of Olaf Trygvason. Hal died nine years later than Bishop Isleif, and had attained nearly the age of ninety-four years. Hal had traded between the two countries, and had enjoyed intercourse with King Olaf the Saint, by which he had gained greatly in reputation, and he had become well acquainted with the kingdom of Norway. He had fixed his residence in Haukadal when he was thirty years of age, and he had dwelt there sixty-four years, as Are tells us. Teit, a son of Bishop Isleif, ...

— Heimskringla - The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway • Snorri Sturluson

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