saint in Malay
wali
/seɪnt//sɛnt/
saint in Malay: wali, santo. In English, saint means a deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
Malay words for saint
- person proclaimed as saint
- wali, santo
English meaning of saint
- noun A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
- noun One of the blessed in heaven.
- noun A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
- noun A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
saint in a sentence
- The Roman Catholic Church proclaimed Kateri Tekakwitha a saint in 2012.
- Dorothy Day was a living saint.
- Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!
Synonyms of saint
saint in other languages
Questions about saint in Malay
- What is the meaning of saint in Malay?
- Saint in Malay is wali, santo.
- Apakah maksud saint dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Saint: wali, santo.
- What does saint mean in English?
- Saint means a deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: saint (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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