Definition of saint

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Saint (n.) One canonized by the church.

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Eminent :: Eminent (a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint..
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..
Consecrate :: Consecrate (v. t.) To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor..
Saint :: Saint (v. i.) To act or live as a saint.
Hierolatry :: Hierolatry (n.) The worship of saints or sacred things.
Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..
Saintologist :: Saintologist (n.) One who writes the lives of saints.
Saint :: Saint (n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God..
Avowry :: Avowry (n.) An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.
Unsaintly :: Unsaintly (a.) Unbecoming to a saint.
Communion :: Communion (n.) Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints..
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)..
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..
Sainting :: Sainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sain.
Passionary :: Passionary (n.) A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs.
Halloween :: Halloween (n.) The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.
Parkleaves :: Parkleaves (n.) A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
Canonization :: Canonization (n.) The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
Sonties :: Sonties (n.) Probably from saintes saints, or from sanctities; -- used as an oath..
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