Definition of saint

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Saint (n.) One of the blessed in heaven.

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"""fern " :: Fern (a.) Ancient; old. [Obs.] Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes. [saints]..
Perseverance :: Perseverance (n.) Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism..
Canon :: Canon (n.) A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
Saintism :: Saintism (n.) The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness..
Nimbus :: Nimbus (n.) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5..
Legend :: Legend (n.) That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses..
Ignatius Bean :: Ignatius bean () See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint..
Patron :: Patron (n.) A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church; a catalogue of saints..
Anagogical :: Anagogical (a.) Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication..
Castor And Pollux :: Castor and Pollux () See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint..
Saint :: Saint (v. t.) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one)..
Sainting :: Sainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sain.
Menology :: Menology (n.) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not written..
Saintologist :: Saintologist (n.) One who writes the lives of saints.
Passionary :: Passionary (n.) A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs.
Legend :: Legend (n.) A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature..
Apse :: Apse (n.) A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept..
Aureole :: Aureole (n.) The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence..
Latria :: Latria (n.) The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints..
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