saint
noun
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
saints
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pluralof saint.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof saint (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
saintnounany of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
Example Sentences
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“Why do you like all the saints with horrible deaths?” asks Paul, who is undecided—and perhaps growing uninterested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
As I stared into empty niches that once contained massive wooden statues of saints, I meditated on how fragile our democracy is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Vietnam has had 117 people beatified and later canonised as saints, but the Church said this was the first time a beatification ceremony had been held in the country rather than at the Vatican.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
None of them are saints, and they’re not necessarily Goody Two-shoes.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
Poverty was a gleaming thing; she could not conceive of poor people being vicious or nasty because their poverty had canonized them, and the greatest saints were the foreign poor.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
