seynt

Noun

saint (plural saints)

1. (generally) 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.
   • Then ſhall thy Saints unmixt, and from th' impure / Farr ſeparate, circling thy holy Mount / Unfained Halleluiahs to thee ſing,1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
3. A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
   • Unto the Church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Iesus, called to be Saints, with all that in euery place call vpon the Name of Iesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 1:2
4. (broadly, figuratively) A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
   • Dorothy Day was a living saint.
5. (archaic) A holy object.
   • It is ruine to a man to deuoure ſaintes, and afterward to retracte the vowes.1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Prouerbes 20:25, page 299

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