(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is someone who has died and been officially recognized and honoured by the Christian church because his or her life was a perfect example of the way Christians should live.
Every parish was named after a ~.
...Saint John.
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2.
If you refer to a living person as a ~, you mean that they are extremely kind, patient, and unselfish.
My girlfriend is a ~ to put up with me.
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