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Type Words
Synonyms canonise, canonize
Type of declare, hold, adjudge
Type Words
Synonyms angel, holy man, holy person
Type of good person
Has types faqir, fakir, fakeer, buddha, faquir
Derivation sanctify, sainthood, saintly
Type Words
Synonyms apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon
Type of role model, model
Has types class act, jimhickey, jimdandy, humdinger, crackerjack
Derivation sanctify, sainthood
Type Words
Synonyms enshrine
Type of venerate, revere, reverence, fear
Type Words
Type of god, deity, divinity, immortal
Has types patron saint
Derivation sanctify, sainthood, saintly

Examples of saints

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The stained-glass saints had faraway eyes, as you would wish saints not to have.
From the timesunion.com
Saints, meanwhile, were scratching and clawing to get out of the third division.
From the thisishampshire.net
Pope John Paul II canonized nearly 1,000 saints, far more than his predecessors.
From the kansas.com
I suppose that's what saints do, and Chantay Steptoe Buford was one of the best.
From the tennessean.com
American culture has its secular saints, and they certainly serve their purpose.
From the al.com
It's not that he compared his supporters to saints and his opponents to sinners.
From the thenewstribune.com
Monday was a holiday at the Vatican, although some cardinals to name new saints.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Francis of Assisi, who died in 1226, is among Catholicism's most revered saints.
From the sacbee.com
Saints assistant coach Joe Vitt also was suspended six games and fined $100,000.
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More examples
  • A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
  • Enshrine: hold sacred
  • Canonize: declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
  • Person of exceptional holiness
  • Ideal: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
  • (sainted) angelic: marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother"
  • Saints are individuals of exceptional holiness who are important in many religions, particularly Christianity. In some usages, the word "saint" is used more generally to refer to anyone who is a Christian, or anyone who is in Heaven.Bebis G '' at Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, New York
  • Saint is a Christian metal band, first active in the mid-1980s, releasing their first album "Warriors of the Son" in 1984. Common themes of Saint's music include hell, evil, and apocalyptic themes such as the End times.
  • Saint, in comics, may refer to: *Saint (manhua), a Chinese comic from Hong Kong manhua artist Khoo Fuk Lung *Saint, a Marvel Comics character who has appeared in a number of horror comics. They are Quincy Harker's dog. ...