saint (s nt)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 s nctus, from Latin, holy, past participle of sanc re, to consecrate; see sak- in Indo-European roots.] |
Saints
any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum, a critical and official hagiology begun by the Jesuits in the 17th century.
the devotion, veneration, or respect accorded saints.
the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology. — hagiographer, n. — hagiographic, hagiographical, adj.
the veneration or worship of saints. — hagiolater, n. — hagiolatrous, adj.
1. the branch of literature comprising the lives and legends of the saints.
2. a biography or narrative of the life of a saint or saints.
3. a collection of such biographies. — hagiologist, n. — hagiologic, hagiological, adj.
2. a biography or narrative of the life of a saint or saints.
3. a collection of such biographies. — hagiologist, n. — hagiologic, hagiological, adj.
an intense dislike for the saints and the holy.
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