Saint \Saint\ (s[=a]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly
p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to
appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. Sacred,
Sanctity, Sanctum, Sanctus.]
1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent
for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being
redeemed and consecrated to God.
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Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to
be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2.
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2. One of the blessed in heaven.
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Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure
Far separate, circling thy holy mount,
Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton.
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3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.]
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Saint Andrew's cross.
(a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under
Cross.
(b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum
Crux-Andreae, the petals of which have the form of a
Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray.
Saint Anthony's cross, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6,
under Cross.
Saint Anthony's fire, the erysipelas; -- popularly so
called because it was supposed to have been cured by the
intercession of Saint Anthony.
Saint Anthony's nut (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium
flexuosum); -- so called because swine feed on it, and
St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Anthony's turnip (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a
favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Barnaby's thistle (Bot.), a kind of knapweed
({Centaurea solstitialis) flowering on St. Barnabas's
Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Bernard (Zool.), a breed of large, handsome dogs
celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred
chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but
now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the
smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under
Dog.
Saint Catharine's flower (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist.
See under Love.
Saint Cuthbert's beads (Paleon.), the fossil joints of
crinoid stems.
Saint Dabeoc's heath (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Daboecia
polifolia), named from an Irish saint.
Saint Distaff's Day. See under Distaff.
Saint Elmo's fire, a luminous, flamelike appearance,
sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some
prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead
and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and
is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or
pointed objects. A single flame is called a Helena, or a
Corposant; a double, or twin, flame is called a Castor
and Pollux, or a double Corposant. It takes its name
from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors.
Saint George's cross (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a
field argent, the field being represented by a narrow
fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great
Britain.
Saint George's ensign, a red cross on a white field with a
union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the
distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of
England; -- called also the white ensign. --Brande & C.
Saint George's flag, a smaller flag resembling the ensign,
but without the union jack; used as the sign of the
presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C.
Saint Gobain glass (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime
plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it
was manufactured.
Saint Ignatius's bean (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the
Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia), of properties similar
to the nux vomica.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Saint \Saint\ (s[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sainted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sainting.]
To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical
act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or
reputation of a saint to (some one).
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A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been
beatified, though never sainted. --Addison.
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To saint it, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety.
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Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. --Pope.
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Saint \Saint\, v. i.
To act or live as a saint. [R.] --Shak.
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saint
n 1: a person who has died and has been declared a saint by
canonization
2: person of exceptional holiness [syn: holy man, holy
person, angel]
3: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, apotheosis,
nonesuch, nonsuch]
v 1: hold sacred [syn: enshrine]
2: in the Catholic church; declare (a dead person) to be a
saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle,
the priest was canonized" [syn: canonize, canonise]
WordNet (r) 2.0
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "saint":
Ambrose of Milan, Athanasius, Barnabas, Basil, Christian,
Clement of Alexandria, Clement of Rome, Cyprian of Carthage,
Cyril of Jerusalem, God-fearing man, Gregory of Nyssa, Hermas,
Ignatius, Irenaeus, Jerome, John, John Chrysostom, Justin Martyr,
Lactantius Firmianus, Luke, Mark, Origen, Papias, Paul, Peter,
Polycarp, Tertullian, accepter, aggrandize, angel, angel of light,
angel of love, ante-Nicene Fathers, apostle, apotheose,
apotheosize, archangel, beatified soul, beatify, believer, bless,
canonize, canonized mortal, catechumen, celestial, cherub,
cherubim, churchgoer, churchite, churchman, cleanse, communicant,
consecrate, convert, crown, daily communicant, dedicate, deify,
devote, devotee, devotionalist, disciple, elevate, ennoble,
enshrine, enthrone, evangelist, exalt, fanatic, follower, frock,
glamorize, glorify, good Christian, great soul, guru, hallow,
heavenly being, holy man, immortalize, lionize, magnify, mahatma,
make legendary, martyr, messenger of God, neophyte, ordain,
patron saint, pietist, principality, proselyte, purify, raise,
receiver, recording angel, religionist, rishi, sanctify,
saved soul, seraph, seraphim, set apart, set up, soul in glory,
starets, theist, throne, truster, uplift, votary, zealot
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
SAINT
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2. Security Administrator's
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Saint
one separated from the world and consecrated to God; one holy by
profession and by covenant; a believer in Christ (Ps. 16:3; Rom.
1:7; 8:27; Phil. 1:1; Heb. 6:10).
The "saints" spoken of in Jude 1:14 are probably not the
disciples of Christ, but the "innumerable company of angels"
(Heb. 12:22; Ps. 68:17), with reference to Deut. 33:2.
This word is also used of the holy dead (Matt. 27:52; Rev.
18:24). It was not used as a distinctive title of the apostles
and evangelists and of a "spiritual nobility" till the fourth
century. In that sense it is not a scriptural title.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
SAINT, n. A dead sinner revised and edited.
The Duchess of Orleans relates that the irreverent old
calumniator, Marshal Villeroi, who in his youth had known St. Francis
de Sales, said, on hearing him called saint: "I am delighted to hear
that Monsieur de Sales is a saint. He was fond of saying indelicate
things, and used to cheat at cards. In other respects he was a
perfect gentleman, though a fool."
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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