SAINT


Meaning of SAINT in English

n. & v.

--n. (abbr. St or S; pl. Sts or SS)

1. a holy or (in some Churches) a canonized person regarded as having a place in heaven.

2 (Saint or St) the title of a saint or archangel, hence the name of a church etc. (St Paul's) or (often with the loss of the apostrophe) the name of a town etc. (St Andrews; St Albans).

3 a very virtuous person; a person of great real or affected holiness (would try the patience of a saint).

4 a member of the company of heaven (with all the angels and saints).

5 ( Bibl., archaic, and used by Puritans, Mormons, etc.) one of God's chosen people; a member of the Christian Church or one's own branch of it.

--v.tr.

1. canonize; admit to the calendar of saints.

2 call or regard as a saint.

3 (as sainted adj.) sacred; of a saintly life; worthy to be regarded as a saint.

Phrases and idioms:

my sainted aunt see AUNT. saint's day a Church festival in memory of a saint .

Derivatives:

saintdom n. sainthood n. saintlike adj. saintling n. saintship n.

Etymology: ME f. OF seint, saint f. L sanctus holy, past part. of sancire consecrate

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.