Synonyms for SAINT
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1. Saintnoun

   A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.

   Saint Stephen was the first martyr.

   Synonyms:
   St, St.

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1. saintnoun

   a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

   Synonyms:
   nonsuch, apotheosis, holy man, nonesuch, angel, nonpareil, paragon, ideal, holy person

2. saint, holy man, holy person, angelnoun

   person of exceptional holiness

   Synonyms:
   nonsuch, saint, backer, apotheosis, holy man, nonesuch, angel, nonpareil, paragon, ideal, holy person

3. ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuchverb

   model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

   Synonyms:
   nonsuch, deification, saint, perfection, ideal, apotheosis, exaltation, holy man, idol, angel, nonpareil, paragon, nonesuch, holy person, beau ideal

4. enshrine, saintverb

   hold sacred

   Synonyms:
   saint, shrine, enshrine, canonise, canonize

5. canonize, canonise, saintverb

   declare (a dead person) to be a saint

   "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"

   Synonyms:
   saint, canonise, enshrine, canonize

Matched Categories

1. • Declare
   • Deity
   • Religion
   • Venerate

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1. saintnoun

   Synonyms:
   holy person

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1. saintnoun

   Associated words:
   canonize, canonization, hagiology, hagiologist, hagiolatry, hagiolater, hagiography, hagiographa, dulia, legend, diptych, feretory, philatory, relic, apse, reliquary, shrine, saintism, sainthood, saintship, hagiographer, hierotheca

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1. List of paraphrases for "saint":

   st., santa, holy, san, st, sainte, sant, santo, saintly, sankt, shing, sint

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How to use SAINT in a sentence?

1. Rick Santorum:

   We're sort of the patron saint of underdog candidates for president. We were the most unlikely of candidates to win and were not in the race until the very end.

2. John McCain:

   It's one of these things you just propose amendments to bills and encourage hearings and sooner or later the dam breaks, but I have to tell you ... the power of this maritime lobby is as powerful as anybody or any organization I have run up against in my political career. All I can do is appeal to the patron saint of lost causes and keep pressing and pressing and sooner or later you have to succeed.

3. The Buddha:

   A brahmin once asked the Blessed One: Are you a God? No, brahmin, said the Blessed One. Are you a saint? No, brahmin, said the Blessed One. Are you a magician? No, brahmin, said the Blessed One. What are you then? ''I am awake.

4. George Herbert Walker Bush:

   I take as my guide the hope of a saint in crucial things, unity - in important things, diversity - in all things, generosity.

5. Kerry Washington:

   I often go back to this, my final text from him, and smile knowing he always sought the beauty even when it could have been so much easier to give in to the harsh realities of life. He was an angel on this planet and is now a Saint on high. Love you and miss you more than ever… forever.