saint

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

saint [saint saints sainted sainting] BrE [seɪnt] NAmE [seɪnt] or, in British use before names, [snt] NAmE [snt] noun
1. (abbr.S, St)a person that the Christian Church recognizes as being very holy, because of the way they have lived or died
•St John
•St Valentine's Day
•The children were all named after saints.
see also ↑patron saint, ↑St Bernard
2. a very good, kind or patient person
•She's a saint to go on living with that man.
•His behaviour would try the patience of a saint.
Derived Word: ↑sainthood

Word Origin:
Middle English, from Old French seint, from Latin sanctus ‘holy’, past participle of sancire ‘consecrate’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ideal, paragon, nonpareil, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch, holy man, holy person, angel, canonize, canonise, enshrine