Saints

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

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’.