1.  saint(n = noun.person) - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization;
is a kind of deity, divinity, god, immortal
is a member of sainthood
has particulars: patron saint, ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose, andrew, saint andrew, saint andrew the apostle, st. andrew, anselm, saint anselm, st. anselm, aquinas, saint thomas, saint thomas aquinas, st. thomas, st. thomas aquinas, thomas aquinas, athanasius, athanasius the great, saint athanasius, st. athanasius, augustine, augustine of hippo, saint augustine, st. augustine, basil, basil of caesarea, basil the great, st. basil, st. basil the great, becket, saint thomas a becket, st. thomas a becket, thomas a becket, baeda, beda, bede, saint baeda, saint beda, saint bede, st. baeda, st. beda, st. bede, the venerable bede, benedict, saint benedict, st. benedict, apostle of germany, boniface, saint boniface, st. boniface, winfred, wynfrith, bride, bridget, brigid, saint bride, saint bridget, saint brigid, st. bride, st. bridget, st. brigid, bruno, saint bruno, st. bruno, domingo de guzman, dominic, saint dominic, st. dominic, edward the confessor, saint edward the confessor, st. edward the confessor, edward the martyr, saint edward the martyr, st. edward the martyr, francis of assisi, giovanni di bernardone, saint francis, saint francis of assisi, st. francis, st. francis of assisi, gregory, gregory i, gregory the great, saint gregory i, st. gregory i, gregory, gregory nazianzen, gregory of nazianzen, st. gregory of nazianzen, ignatius, saint ignatius, st. ignatius, ignatius of loyola, loyola, saint ignatius of loyola, st. ignatius of loyola, irenaeus, saint irenaeus, st. irenaeus, james, saint james, saint james the apostle, st. james, st. james the apostle, eusebius hieronymus, eusebius sophronius hieronymus, hieronymus, jerome, saint jerome, st. jerome, john, john the divine, john the evangelist, saint john, saint john the apostle, st. john, st. john the apostle, john chrysostom, st. john chrysostom, john the baptist, st. john the baptist, judas, jude, saint jude, st. jude, thaddaeus, laurentius, lawrence, saint lawrence, st. lawrence, leo i, leo the great, st. leo i, louis ix, saint louis, st. louis, luke, saint luke, st. luke, mark, saint mark, st. mark, martin, st. martin, mary magdalen, mary magdalene, st. mary magdalen, st. mary magdalene, levi, matthew, saint matthew, saint matthew the apostle, st. matthew, st. matthew the apostle, nicholas, saint nicholas, st. nicholas, olaf ii, olav ii, saint olaf, saint olav, st. olaf, st. olav, apostle of the gentiles, apostle paul, paul, paul the apostle, saint paul, saul, saul of tarsus, st. paul, peter, saint peter, saint peter the apostle, simon peter, st. peter, st. peter the apostle, simon, simon the canaanite, simon the zealot, simon zelotes, st. simon, saint teresa of avila, teresa of avila, doubting thomas, saint thomas, st. thomas, thomas, thomas the doubting apostle, st. vitus, vitus
Derived forms verb saint₂, noun sainthood₂, noun sainthood₁, adjective saintly₁, verb sanctify₁

2.  saint(n = noun.person) angel, holy man, holy person - person of exceptional holiness;
is a kind of good person
has particulars: buddha, fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir
Derived forms noun sainthood₂, noun sainthood₁, adjective saintly₁, verb sanctify₂, verb sanctify₁

3.  saint(n = noun.person) apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal;
is a kind of model, role model
has particulars: crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey, class act, humdinger
Derived forms noun sainthood₂, verb sanctify₂

1.  saint(v = verb.emotion) enshrine - hold sacred;
is one way to fear, revere, reverence, venerate
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  saint(v = verb.communication) canonise, canonize - declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
is one way to adjudge, declare, hold
Derived form noun saint₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

1.  A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. [1913 Webster]
"Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints." [1913 Webster]

2.  One of the blessed in heaven. [1913 Webster]
"Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure
Far separate, circling thy holy mount,
Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing." [1913 Webster]

3.  One canonized by the church. [1913 Webster]

   To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one). [1913 Webster]
"A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been beatified, though never sainted." [1913 Webster]
"Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it." [1913 Webster]

   To act or live as a saint. Shak. [1913 Webster]

saint, n. & v.
--n. (abbr. St or S; pl. Sts or SS)
1 a holy or (in some Churches) a canonized person regarded as having a place in heaven.
2 (Saint or St) the title of a saint or archangel, hence the name of a church etc. (St Paul's) or (often with the loss of the apostrophe) the name of a town etc. (St Andrews; St Albans).
3 a very virtuous person; a person of great real or affected holiness (would try the patience of a saint).
4 a member of the company of heaven (with all the angels and saints).
5 ( Bibl., archaic, and used by Puritans, Mormons, etc.) one of God's chosen people; a member of the Christian Church or one's own branch of it.
--v.tr.
1 canonize; admit to the calendar of saints.
2 call or regard as a saint.
3 (as sainted adj.) sacred; of a saintly life; worthy to be regarded as a saint.

Idiom:
my sainted aunt see AUNT. saint's day a Church festival in memory of a saint .

Derivative:
saintdom n. sainthood n. saintlike adj. saintling n. saintship n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF seint, saint f. L sanctus holy, past part. of sancire consecrate

N  angel, archangel, guardian angel, heavenly host, host of heaven, sons of God, seraph, seraphim, cherub, cherubim, ministering spirit, morning star, saint, patron saint, Madonna, invisible helpers, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, saintly.

N  Judeo-christian revelation, revelation, inspiration, afflatus, theophany, theopneusty, Word, Word of God, Scripture, the Scriptures, the Bible, Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures, inspired writings, Gospel, Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate, Pentateuch, Octateuch, the Law, the Jewish Law, the Prophets, major Prophets, minor Prophets, Hagiographa, Hagiology, Hierographa, Apocrypha, New Testament, Gospels, Evangelists, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse, Revelations, Talmud, Mishna, Masorah, prophet, evangelist, apostle, disciple, saint, the Fathers, the Apostolical Fathers, Holy Men of old, inspired penmen, scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic, evangelical, evangelistic, apostolic, apostolical, inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, canonical, textuary.

N  piety, religion, theism, faith, religiousness, holiness, saintship, religionism, sanctimony, reverence, humility, veneration, devotion, prostration, grace, unction, edification, sanctity, sanctitude, consecration, spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness, theopathy, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life, Body and Blood of Christ, believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist, the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect, Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady, the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light, pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly- minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic, saintly, saint-like, seraphic, sacred, solemn, believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic, elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth, ne vile fano, pure-eyed Faith, thou hovering angel girt with golden wings.

N  impiety, sin, irreverence, profaneness, profanity, profanation, blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege, scoffing, hypocrisy, pietism, cant, pious fraud, lip devotion, lip service, lip reverence, misdevotion, formalism, austerity, sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, pharisaism, precisianism, sabbatism, sabbatarianism, odium theologicum, sacerdotalism, bigotry blue laws, hardening, backsliding, declension, perversion, reprobation, sinner, scoffer, blasphemer, sacrilegist, sabbath breaker, worldling, hypocrite, Tartufe, Mawworm, bigot, saint, Pharisee, sabbatarian, formalist, methodist, puritan, pietist, precisian, religionist, devotee, ranter, fanatic, juramentado, the wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate, sons of men, sons of Belial, the wicked one, children of darkness, impious, irreligious, desecrating, profane, irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous, un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate, hardened, perverted, reprobate, hypocritical, canting, pietistical, sanctimonious, unctuous, pharisaical, overrighteous, righteous over much, bigoted, fanatical, priest-ridden, under the mask of religion, under the cloak of religion, under the pretense of religion, under the form of religion, under the guise of religion, giovane santo diavolo vecchio.

N  good man, honest man, worthy, good woman, perfect lady, Madonna, model, paragon, good example, hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel, innocent, saint, benefactor, philanthropist, Aristides, noble liver, pattern, brick, trump, gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling, salt of the earth, one in ten thousand, one in a million, a gentleman and a scholar, pillar of society, pillar of the community, a man among men, si sic omnes!.

court of saint james's, east saint louis, edna saint vincent millay, evelyn arthur saint john waugh, federation of saint kitts and nevis, gulf of saint lawrence, lake saint clair, latter-day saint, mount saint helens, order of saint benedict, patron saint, plaster saint, revelation of saint john the divine, ruth saint denis, saint agnes's eve, saint ambrose, saint andrew, saint andrew the apostle, saint anselm, saint anthony's fire, saint athanasius, saint augustine, saint baeda, saint beda, saint bede, saint benedict, saint bernard, saint boniface, saint bride, saint bridget, saint brigid, saint bruno, saint christopher, saint christopher-nevis, saint cloud, saint crispin, saint david, saint denis, saint dominic, saint edward the confessor, saint edward the martyr, saint elizabeth ann bayley seton, saint elmo's fire, saint elmo's light, saint emilion, saint eustatius, saint francis, saint francis of assisi, saint francis river, saint francis xavier, saint george, saint gregory i, saint ignatius, saint ignatius of loyola, saint ignatius' itch, saint irenaeus, saint james, saint james the apostle, saint jerome, saint joan, saint john, saint john river, saint john the apostle, saint john's, saint johns, saint johns river, saint joseph, saint jude, saint kitts, saint kitts and nevis, saint lawrence, saint lawrence river, saint lawrence seaway, saint louis, saint lucia, saint luke, saint maarten, saint mark, saint martin, saint martin's summer, saint matthew, saint matthew the apostle, saint nicholas, saint nick, saint olaf, saint olav, saint patrick, saint patrick's day, saint paul, saint peter, saint peter the apostle, saint peter's wreath, saint petersburg, saint polycarp, saint teresa of avila, saint thomas, saint thomas a becket, saint thomas aquinas, saint ulmo's fire, saint ulmo's light, saint valentine's day, saint vincent, saint vincent and the grenadines, saint vitus dance

   ag(n = noun.substance) atomic number 47, silver - a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography;
is a kind of noble metal, conductor
has particulars: coin silver

ag, symb. Chem. the element silver.

Etymology:
L argentum

1.  eve(n = noun.person) - (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden;
is a kind of adult female, woman

2.  eve(n = noun.time) - the day before; "he always arrives on the eve of her departure"
is a kind of 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours

3.  eve(n = noun.time) - the period immediately before something; "on the eve of the French Revolution"
is a kind of period, period of time, time period

4.  eve(n = noun.time) even, evening, eventide - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
is a kind of day, daylight, daytime
has parts: sundown, sunset, crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight
has particulars: guest night

1.  Evening. [1913 Webster]
"Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze." [1913 Webster]

2.  The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at midnight; as, Christmas eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event. Keble. [1913 Webster]

eve, n.
1 the evening or day before a church festival or any date or event (Christmas Eve; the eve of the funeral).
2 the time just before anything (the eve of the election).
3 archaic evening.

Etymology:
ME, = EVEN(2)

N  evening, eve, decline of day, fall of day, close of day, candlelight, candlelighting, eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour, sunset, sundown, going down of the sun, cock-shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime, afternoon, postmeridian, p, m, autumn, fall, fall of the leaf, autumnal equinox, Indian summer, St. Luke's summer, St. Martin's summer, midnight, dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night, winter, killing time, vespertine, autumnal, nocturnal, midnight, the outpost of advancing day, sable-vested Night, this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd.

allhallow eve, allhallows eve, christmas eve, midsummer eve, new year's eve, saint agnes's eve, st john's eve