[snt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven after death
(e.g: a place dedicated to a seventh-century saint)

- a very virtuous, kind, or patient person
(e.g: she's a saint to go on living with that man)


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Origin:
Middle English, from Old French seint, from Latin sanctus ‘holy’, past participle of sancire ‘consecrate’

[snt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- formally recognize as a saint; canonize
(e.g: the sandy shores of the River Nid, where Holy Olaf's bones were laid to rest before he had been sainted)


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Origin:
Middle English, from Old French seint, from Latin sanctus ‘holy’, past participle of sancire ‘consecrate’