| 单词 | saint |
| 释义 | saint n. & v. --n (abbr. St or S; pl. Sts or SS) 1. a holy or (in some Churches) a canonized person regarded as having a place in heaven. 2. (Saint or St) the title of a saint or archangel, hence the name of a church etc. (St Paul's) or (often with the loss of the apostrophe) the name of a town etc. (St Andrews; St Albans). 3. a very virtuous person; a person of great real or affected holiness (would try the patience of a saint). 4. a member of the company of heaven (with all the angels and saints). 5. ( Bibl., archaic, and used by Puritans, Mormons, etc.) one of God's chosen people; a member of the Christian Church or one's own branch of it. --vtr. 1. canonize; admit to the calendar of saints. 2. call or regard as a saint. 3. (as sainted adj.) sacred; of a saintly life; worthy to be regarded as a saint. Phrases and idioms my sainted aunt see AUNT. saint's day a Church festival in memory of a saint . Derivatives saintdom n. sainthood n. saintlike adj. saintling n. saintship n. Etymology: ME f. OF seint, saint f. L sanctus holy, past part. of sancire consecrate |
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