saint (redirected from Cloud of witnesses)

saint  (snt)

n.

1.

a. Abbr. St. or S. Christianity A person officially recognized, especially by canonization, as being entitled to public veneration and capable of interceding for people on earth.

b. A person who has died and gone to heaven.

c. Saint A member of any of various religious groups, especially a Latter-Day Saint.

2. An extremely virtuous person.

tr.v. saint·ed, saint·ing, saints

To name, recognize, or venerate as a saint; canonize.

---

[Middle English seint, from Old French saint, from Late Latin snctus, from Latin, holy, past participle of sancre, to consecrate; see sak- in Indo-European roots.]

---

saint [seɪnt (unstressed) sənt]

n

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who after death is formally recognized by a Christian Church, esp the Roman Catholic Church, as having attained, through holy deeds or behaviour, a specially exalted place in heaven and the right to veneration

2. a person of exceptional holiness or goodness

3. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) (plural) Bible the collective body of those who are righteous in God's sight

vb

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to canonize; recognize formally as a saint

[from Old French, from Latin sanctus holy, from sancīre to hallow]

saintdom  n

saintless  adj

saintlike  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization sainthood - saints collectively deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force patron saint - a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation
	2.	saint - person of exceptional holiness       holy man, holy person, angel Buddha - one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir - a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man good person - a person who is good to other people
	3.	saint - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, apotheosis, ideal, paragon crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey - someone excellent of their kind; "he's a jimdandy of a soldier" role model, model - someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model" class act - someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence humdinger - someone of remarkable excellence; "a humdinger of a secretary"
Verb	1.	saint - hold sacred enshrine reverence, venerate, revere, fear - regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
	2.	saint - declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized" canonize, canonise organized religion, religion, faith - an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him" adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"

---

saint

noun

Saints

Saint	Feast day
Agatha	5 February
Agnes	31 January
Aidan	31 August
Alban	22 June
Albertus Magnus	15 November
Aloysius (patron saint of youth)	21 June
Ambrose	7 December
Andrew (Scotland)	30 November
Anne	26 July
Anselm	21 April
Anthony or Antony	17 January
Anthony or Antony of Padua	13 June
Athanasius	2 May
Augustine of Hippo	28 August
Barnabas	11 June
Bartholomew	24 August
Basil	2 January
Bede	25 May
Benedict	11 July
Bernadette of Lourdes	16 April
Bernard of Clairvaux	20 August
Bernard of Menthon	28 May
Bonaventura or Bonaventure	15 July
Boniface	5 June
Brendan	16 May
Bridget, Bride or Brigid (Ireland)	1 February
Bridget or Birgitta (Sweden)	23 July
Catherine of Alexandria	25 November
Catherine of Siena (the Dominican Order)	29 April
Cecilia (music)	22 November
Charles Borromeo	4 November
Christopher (travellers)	25 July
Clare of Assisi	11 August
Clement I	23 November
Clement of Alexandria	5 December
Columba or Colmcille	9 June
Crispin (shoemakers)	25 October
Crispinian (shoemakers)	25 October
Cuthbert	20 March
Cyprian	16 September
Cyril	14 February
Cyril of Alexandria	27 June
David (Wales)	1 March
Denis (France)	9 October
Dominic	7 August
Dorothy	6 February
Dunstan	19 May
Edmund	20 November
Edward the Confessor	13 October
Edward the Martyr	18 March
Elizabeth	5 November
Elizabeth of Hungary	17 November
Elmo	2 June
Ethelbert or Æthelbert	25 February
Francis of Assisi	4 October
Francis of Sales	24 January
Francis Xavier	3 December
Geneviève (Paris)	3 January
George (England)	23 April
Gertrude	16 November
Gilbert of Sempringham	4 February
Giles (cripples, beggars, and lepers)	1 September
Gregory I (the Great)	3 September
Gregory VII or Hildebrand	25 May
Gregory of Nazianzus	2 January
Gregory of Nyssa	9 March
Gregory of Tours	17 November
Hilary of Poitiers	13 January
Hildegard of Bingen	17 September
Helen or Helena	18 August
Helier	16 July
Ignatius	17 October
Ignatius of Loyola	31 July
Isidore of Seville	4 April
James	23 October
James the Less	3 May
Jane Frances de Chantal	12 December
Jerome	30 September
Joachim	26 July
Joan of Arc	30 May
John	27 December
John Bosco	31 January
John Chrysostom	13 September
John Ogilvie	10 March
John of Damascus	4 December
John of the Cross	14 December
John the Baptist	24 June
Joseph	19 March
Joseph of Arimathaea	17 March
Joseph of Copertino	18 September
Jude	28 October
Justin	1 June
Kentigern or Mungo	14 January
Kevin	3 June
Lawrence	10 August
Lawrence O'Toole	14 November
Leger	2 October
Leo I (the Great)	10 November
Leo II	3 July
Leo III	12 June
Leo IV	17 July
Leonard	6 November
Lucy	13 December
Luke	18 October
Malachy	3 November
Margaret	20 July
Margaret of Scotland	10 June, 16 November (in Scotland)
Maria Goretti	6 July
Mark	25 April
Martha	29 July
Martin de Porres	3 November
Martin of Tours (France)	11 November
Mary	15 August
Mary Magdalene	22 July
Matthew or Levi	21 September
Matthias	14 May
Methodius	14 February
Michael	29 September
Neot	31 July
Nicholas (Russia, children, sailors, merchants, and pawnbrokers)	6 December
Nicholas I (the Great)	13 November
Ninian	16 September
Olaf or Olav (Norway)	29 July
Oliver Plunket or Plunkett	1 July
Oswald	28 February
Pachomius	14 May
Patrick (Ireland)	17 March
Paul	29 June
Paulinus	10 October
Paulinus of Nola	22 June
Peter or Simon Peter	29 June
Philip	3 May
Philip Neri	26 May
Pius V	30 April
Pius X	21 August
Polycarp	26 January or 23 February
Rose of Lima	23 August
Sebastian	20 January
Silas	13 July
Simon Zelotes	28 October
Stanislaw or Stanislaus (Poland)	11 April
Stanislaus Kostka	13 November
Stephen	26 or 27 December
Stephen of Hungary	16 or 20 August
Swithin or Swithun	15 July
Teresa or Theresa of Avila	15 October
Thérèse de Lisieux	1 October
Thomas	3 July
Thomas à Becket	29 December
Thomas Aquinas	28 January
Thomas More	22 June
Timothy	26 January
Titus	26 January
Ursula	21 October
Valentine	14 February
Veronica	12 July
Vincent de Paul	27 September
Vitus	15 June
Vladimir	15 July
Wenceslaus or Wenceslas	28 September
Wilfrid	12 October

Translations

saint [seɪnt] N

1. → santo/a m/f
saint's day → fiesta f (de santo)
All Saints' Day → día m de Todos los Santos(1 noviembre)
my mother was a saint (fig) → mi madre era una santa
she's no saint (iro) → ella no es una santa, que digamos

2. (in names) Saint John → San Juan
Saint Bernard (= dog) → perro m de San Bernardo
Saint Elmo's fire → fuego m de Santelmo
Saint Kitts (in West Indies) → San Cristóbal
Saint Patrick's Day → el día or la fiesta de San Patricio
Saint Theresa → Santa Teresa
Saint Vitus' dance → baile m de San Vito
see also valentine

3. (as name of church) they were married at Saint Mark's → se casaron en la iglesia de San Marcos

---

saint [ˈseɪnt] n

(= religious figure) → saint(e) m/f

(= good person) → saint(e) m/f
he's no saint → ce n'est pas un saint
Saint Bernard n (= dog) → saint-bernard m
Saint Lawrence n
the Saint Lawrence → le Saint-Laurent

---

saint

n

→ Heilige(r) mf

(before name) (abbr St [snt]) St John → der heilige Johannes, Sankt Johannes, St. Johannes; St Francis → der heilige Franziskus; St Mark’s (Church) → die Markuskirche

(fig) → Heilige(r) mf; she is a saint to put up with that → sie muss ja eine Engelsgeduld haben, dass sie sich das gefallen lässt

---

saint [seɪnt] n (also) (fig) → santo/a
Saint John → San Giovanni
Saint Mark's (Church) → (la chiesa di) San Marco

---

saint

n saint [seint, (before a name ) snt]

1 (often abbreviated toSt, especially when used in the names of places, plants etc) a title given especially by the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches to a very good or holy person after his death Saint Matthew; St John's Road. heilige قِدّيس светия svatý, -á sankt der/die Heilige άγιος santo, santa püha قديس يا قديسه pyhä saint, sainte קָדוֹש साधु, सन्त svet szent santo dÿrlingur santo 聖人 성인 šventasis svētais santo heilige helgen; sankt, den hellige święty santo sfânt, sfântă святой svätý, -á svetnik svetac Sankt[] นักบุญ aziz, evliya (羅馬天主教和東正教，加在聖徒或教會名字前面)聖… святий مقدس شخصیت کا لقب vị thánh （加在圣徒、教会等名字前面）圣人

2 a very good, kind person You really are a saint to put up with her. gawe persoon إنْسان طيِّب جِدا، قِدّيس светец svatý, -á helgen der/die Heilige άγιος άνθρωπος, άγγελος (μτφ.) santo, trozo de pan pühak صديق يا صديقه pyhimys saint, sainte “מַלאָך” सदाचारी svetac szent orang baik (algjör) dÿrlingur santo 聖人のような人 군자 šventas žmogus svēts cilvēks; eņģelis zemes virsū seperti keramat hidup engel helgen święty santo martir, martiră святой (человек), ангел svätec, svätica svetnik svetac helgon, ängel คนใจบุญ melek gibi kimse 大好人 свята людина نہایت نیک آدمی người thánh thiện 圣徒，圣人

adj saintly

He led a saintly life; a saintly expression. heilige كالمَلاك، يُشْبِه القِدّيسين непорочен svatý, posvátný from; helgenagtig fromm, heilig που μοιάζει με άγιο, αγιοπρεπής de santo pühalik, pühaklik روحاني pyhimysmäinen (de) saint, sainte כְּמוֹ קָדוֹש सन्त सुलभ svetački szent saleh líkur dÿrlingi, háheilagur da santo, santo 徳の高い 성인다운 šventas svēts seperti wali vroom, engelachtig from, helgenaktig świątobliwy santo de sfânt святой; безгрешный svätý, posvätný svet svetački helgonlik, helig, from ถือธรรมะ; เมตตากรุณา evliya gibi 聖徒(般)的，聖潔的 безгрішний, святий پاک، مقدس thánh thiện 圣洁的

n saintliness

heiligheid قَداسَه، ملائِكِيَّه святост svatost, posvátnost fromhed; helgenagtighed die Heiligkeit αγιότητα santidad pühadus مقدس pyhimysmäisyys sainteté קְדושָה साधुता svetost (élet)szentség kesalehan heilagleiki santità 徳の高さ 숭고함 šventumas svētums sifat seperti wali vroomheid, engelachtigheid det å være helgenaktig świętość santidade sfinţenie святость, безгрешность svätosť, posvätnosť svetništvo svetost helighet, fromhet ความเมตตากรุณา ermişlik, azizlik, evliyalık 聖潔 безгрішність, святість نیکی ، بزرگی sự thánh thiện 圣洁

---

saint → قَدّيس světec helgen Heiliger άγιος santo pyhimys saint svetac santo 聖人 성인 heilige helgen święty santo святой helgon นักบุญ aziz vị thánh 圣人