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saint meaning in Tamil

புனிதர்

/seɪnt//sɛnt/

saint in Tamil: புனிதர், துறவி, புனிதன். 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.

Tamil words for saint

புனிதர், துறவி, புனிதன்

English meaning of saint

  1. 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.
  2. noun One of the blessed in heaven.
  3. noun A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
  4. noun A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.

Full definition of saint

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 Tamil

What is the meaning of saint in Tamil?
Saint in Tamil is புனிதர், துறவி, புனிதன்.
saint என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Saint: புனிதர், துறவி, புனிதன்.
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.

Source and license

Tamil words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “saint”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: saint (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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