SAINT


Meaning of SAINT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

patron saint

St. Christopher, the patron saint of travellers

saint's day

the patience of Job/a saint (= very great patience )

Those children would try the patience of a saint.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

patron

Andrew Carnegie has been called the patron saint of compassionate capitalism.

He said the date was chosen to coincide with the feast of St Teresa of Lisieux, patron saint of the missions.

The family patron saints men feel drawn to are distinct from those chosen by women.

Perseus was the patron saint of poets.

Every trade took a holiday on the day of its patron saint .

And the ultimate irony about Saint-Mames is that that particular saint Saint-Mames is the patron saint of the stomach.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I always thought she was a selfish woman but she was an absolute saint compared to Abigail.

Thanks so much for doing that. You're a saint .

Your mother's a saint . She's done so much to help us.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Among all the saints sat an unbeliever.

As he marched south Clovis was careful not to alienate the catholic Church or its saints.

Dagobert receives no entry in the dictionaries of saints and no trace of him is on public view at Stenay.

Members of the family, coached by Nicholas, would relate stories from secular histories or the lives of saints.

Ordination doesn't make you a saint .

The statue of the patron saint , Francis Xavier, oversees all from behind the altar.

The tall, narrow windows each had a saint in stained glass.

Was I not right about the wee lass, saints preserve her!

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