saint

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. hallow, pietist, apostle; votary; saintess, patroness; martyr; pir; saintling, saint-errant, angel (inf.), paragon (inf.). See piety, innocence, virtue.Ant., devil, demon.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [An exceptionally virtuous person]

Syn. paragon, salt of the earth, godly person, unworldly person, altruist, philanthropist, benefactor, angel, the pure in heart, a believer; see also philanthropist .

2. [A holy person, especially one canonized by a church]

Syn. martyr, Christian martyr, religious exemplar, child of god, canonized saint.

Familiar Christian saints include: St. Mary, St. Joseph, St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Luke, St. John, St. Nicholas, St. Francis, St. Anne, St. Christopher, St. James, St. George, St. Thomas, St. Andrew, St. Patrick, St. Valentine, St. Stephen, St. Anthony, St. Denis, St. Thomas à Becket.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

holy person, Christian, angel, martyr. ''A dead sinner, revised and edited.''—Ambrose Bierce.

ANT.: sinner, devil, evil-doer

WORD FIND

• declare a: canonize

• image: icon

• patron saint of children: Nicholas

• patron saint of sailors: Elmo

• patron saint of the handicapped: Giles

• qualify one for sainthood: beatify

• study of: hagiography

• tomb: shrine

• worship: hagiolatry

see religion, church, god