SAINT
What does "SAINT" mean?
A person formally recognized as holy, or one of exceptional goodness and patience.
Meanings
- A person officially recognized by a church as having attained holiness, often after death. The cathedral is dedicated to the city's patron saint.
- A person of exceptional virtue, kindness, or patience. You'd have to be a saint to put up with that schedule. figurative
- To formally declare someone a saint; to canonize. She was sainted more than a century after her death. formal
Word origin
From Latin 'sanctus' ('holy, consecrated'), via Old French 'saint'; 'sanctus' is the past participle of 'sancire', 'to make sacred'.
Remember it
A SAINT keeps the faith-it literally contains 'AIN'T' giving in to temptation.
A little poem
Stone face in the niche-
centuries of candle-smoke
still dark her patient eyes.
haiku
Wordplay
- How do you describe someone who's almost holy but won't stop complaining? A saint who ain't.
What it teaches
We call the patient ones saints because endurance, not perfection, is the rarer holiness.
Quick facts
What does SAINT mean?
A person formally recognized as holy, or one of exceptional goodness and patience.
Is SAINT a valid word?
Yes — SAINT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SAINT?
SAINT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SAINT come from?
From Latin 'sanctus' ('holy, consecrated'), via Old French 'saint'; 'sanctus' is the past participle of 'sancire', 'to make sacred'.
What can SAINT teach us?
We call the patient ones saints because endurance, not perfection, is the rarer holiness.
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