Definition of "saint" []

• Christianity A person officially recognized, especially by canonization, as being entitled to public veneration and capable of interceding for people on earth. (noun)
• A person who has died and gone to heaven. (noun)
• A member of any of various religious groups, especially a Latter-Day Saint. (noun)
• An extremely virtuous person. (noun)
• To name, recognize, or venerate as a saint; canonize. (verb-transitive)

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• "That name, with the addition of _saint_, is inserted in the Roman calendar; and the saint, by a rare felicity, is crowned with the praises of the historians and philosophers of an enlightened age."
• "If you look at the stamp, our saint is accompanied by a nice dog."
• "An advertisement within paragraph (d) of this Class may be displayed only in the county with which the saint is associated."