saint

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /seɪnt/
  • (UK, as an unstressed, capitalised title) IPA(key): /sən(t)/, [sn̩(t)], [sɨn(t)]
    • (file)
    • Rhymes: -eɪnt

Etymology 1[edit]

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 sanctus (holy, consecrated”, in Late Latin as a noun, “a saint), past participle of sancire (to render sacred, make holy), akin to sacer (holy, sacred). Displaced native Middle English halwe (saint) from Old English hālga (saint, holy one) (> Modern English hallow (saint)).

Noun[edit]

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Francis of Assisi, a Catholic saint.

saint (plural saints)

  1. (religion, 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. (Christianity) One of the blessed in heaven.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC, lines 742–744:
      Then ſhall thy Saints unmixt, and from th' impure
      Farr ſeparate, circling thy holy Mount
      Unfained Halleluiahs to thee ſing,
  3. (Christianity) A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
  4. (Mormonism, specifically) Alternative letter-case form of Saint (a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint)
  5. (figuratively, by extension) 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!
  6. (archaic) A holy object.
Alternative forms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
  • (holy person): hallow (obsolete)
Hyponyms[edit]
  • (holy person): holy man (male, nondenominational); arhat (Buddhism); sage (East Asia and philosophical sects); immortal (Taoism); wali (Islamic saint); casis (Islamic saint, historical); sultan (Turkish Sufi saint); martyr (person revered for sacrificing their life for a cause, sometimes inclusive of secular reverence by nations or political parties); confessor (Christian saints other than martyrs); san (male Christian saint in Spanish contexts, usu. as a title); santa (female Christian saint in Spanish contexts, usu. as a title); sainte (female Christian saint in French contexts, usu. as a title)
Derived terms[edit]
See also the lists of derived terms at Saint and St
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English saynten, seinten, sonten, partly from Anglo-Norman saintir and partly from the noun Middle English seint, seynt (see above).

Verb[edit]

saint (third-person singular simple present saints, present participle sainting, simple past and past participle sainted)

  1. (transitive) Synonym of canonize: to honor, formally name, or revere as a saint.
    Many Catholics wished to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately after his death.
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Etymology 3[edit]

From the pattern of naming various parishes and other places for Christian saints.

Prefix[edit]

saint

  1. (toponymy) Capitalized and placed before another term, particularly personal names, to create placename without direct association to any religious character.
Usage notes[edit]

May be used for either male or female names. May be combined with the other word using a hyphen, particularly following French examples.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin sanctus (holy).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saint m (plural saints, feminine sainte)

  1. a male saint; masculine of sainte

Adjective[edit]

saint (feminine sainte, masculine plural saints, feminine plural saintes)

  1. saintly (all meanings)

Derived terms[edit]

- in Belgian toponyms:

- in Canadian toponyms:

- In French toponyms:

- In toponyms of French Guiana:

- In Guadeloupean toponyms:

- In Italian toponyms:

- In toponyms of Martinique:

- In toponyms of Réunion:

- In Swiss toponyms:

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish sant, of unknown origin; cognate with Scottish Gaelic sannt. DIL connects it with Welsh chwant (desire),[1] but the Old Irish cognate of that word is actually sét (treasure). The ant sequence suggests a late loanword into Goidelic.

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Noun[edit]

saint f (genitive singular sainte)

  1. greed, avarice, covetousness
  2. great eagerness, desire

Declension[edit]

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
saint shaint
after an, tsaint
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sant”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43

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Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French saint, from Latin sanctus (holy).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

saint m

  1. (Jersey) holy

Noun[edit]

saint m (plural saints)

  1. (Jersey, religion) saint

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin sanctus

Noun[edit]

saint oblique singularm (oblique plural sainz or saintz, nominative singular sainz or saintz, nominative plural saint)

  1. saint

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

saint m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sainte)

  1. holy
  2. pious; devout

Descendants[edit]

  • English: saint
  • French: saint
  • Norman: saint (Jersey)

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saint m pl (not mutable)

  1. plural of sant