saint
English
/seɪnt/, /sən(t)/
noun
Definitions
- A person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
- (figuratively) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
- One of the blessed in heaven.
- (archaic) A holy object.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English saint inherited from Old English sanct (saint) derived from Old French saint derived from Latin sanctus (holy, consecrated, sacred, a saint, in Late Latin as a noun, saint, blessed).
Origin
Latin
sanctus
Gloss
holy, consecrated, sacred, a saint, in Late Latin as a noun, saint, blessed
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
聖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- All Hallows' Eve English
- Hallowmas English
- Saint-Simon English
- Saint-Simonianism English
- besaint English
- dishallow English
- hallow English
- hallowdom English
- hallowly English
- saintdom English
- saintess English
- saintful English
- sainthead English
- sainthood English
- saintish English
- saintishly English
- saintism English
- saintless English
- saintlessness English
- saintlihood English
- saintlike English
- saintlily English
- saintliness English
- saintling English
- saintly English
- saintology English
- saintship English
- sanctanimity English
- unsaint English
- unsaintly English
- Sanctius Latin
- sanctiloquus Latin
- sanctimonia Latin
- sanctuarium Latin
- sanctus Latin
- Sankt German
- saint French
- sanct Old English
- *saintli Middle English
- halwe Middle English
- saint Middle English
- seint Middle English
- seintesse Middle English
- saint Old French
- seint Old French
- सेंट Hindi
- Sâmpietru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- san Old Portuguese
- saunt Scots
- seint xno
- sãŋkt Farefare
- hallow
- saintly
- besaint
- unsaint
- saintdom
- saintful
- saintess
- hallowly
- saintish
- saintism
- saintling
- sainthood
- saintlike
- saintless
- sainthead
- saintship
- unsaintly
- dishallow
- hallowdom
- Hallowmas
- saintlily
- saintishly
- saintology
- saintliness
- Saint-Simon
- saintlihood
- sanctanimity
- saintlessness
- All Hallows' Eve
- Saint-Simonianism