Meaning

5 senses
  1. A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.

    The Roman Catholic Church proclaimed Kateri Tekakwitha a saint in 2012.

  2. One of the blessed in heaven.

  3. A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.

  4. (broadly, figuratively)A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.

    Dorothy Day was a living saint.

    Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!

    Heiliger, Heiliger

    свято́йsvjatój, свята́яsvjatája, свято́йsvjatój

    святи́йsvjatýj, свята́svjatá

    a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

  5. (archaic)A holy object.

Examples

169 sentences
  1. Tom is a saint.

    Том святий.

    ruТом - святой.

    deTom ist ein Heiliger.

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  2. You're no saint.

    Ти не святий.

    ruТы не святой.

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  3. Tom is no saint.

    Том не святий.

    ruТом не святой.

    deTom ist kein Heiliger.

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  4. I'm no saint.

    Я не святий.

    ruЯ не святой.

    deIch bin keine Heilige.

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  5. Tom isn't a saint.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English saint, seint, sainct, seinct, sanct, senct, partly from Old English sa

From Middle English saint, seint, sainct, seinct, sanct, senct, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and confluence with Old French saint, seinte (Modern French saint); both from Latin sānctus (“holy, consecrated”, in Late Latin as a noun, “a saint”), past participle of sancīre (“to render sacred, make holy”), akin to sacer (“holy, sacred”). Doublet of Sanctus. Displaced native Middle English halwe (“saint”) from Old English hālga (“saint, holy one”) (> Modern English hallow (“saint”)).

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