Saint

Meaning of Saint

noun
  1. a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven after death.
    a place dedicated to a seventh-century saint
    figures of apostles and saints
  2. a very virtuous, kind, or patient person.
    she's a saint to go on living with that man
verb
  1. formally recognize as a saint; canonize.
    the sandy shores of the River Nid, where Holy Olaf's bones were laid to rest before he had been sainted

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

Information about Saint

Hyphenation of Saint

Saint

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • Saint is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Saint synonyms

Meaning holy man:

angel

Meaning ideal:

ideal, paragon, nonpareil, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch

Meaning enshrine:

enshrine

Meaning canonize:

canonize

Anagrams of Saint

antis, astin, natis, sanit, satin, stain, tains, Tanis

Words that rhyme with Saint

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