Holy; sacred: only in attributive use, and now only before proper names, as Saint John, Saint Paul, Saint Augustine, or quasi-proper names, as Saint Saviour, Saint Sophia (Holy Wisdom), Saint Cross, Saint Sepulcher (in names of churches), where it is usually regarded as a noun appositive, a quasi-title. See II., 3.n. One who has been consecrated or set a part to the service of God: applied in the Old Testament to the Israelites as a people (Ps. cxxxii. 9; compare Num. xvi. 3), and in the New Testament to all members of the Christian churches (2 Cor. i. 1).n. One who is pure and upright in heart and life; hence, in Scriptural and Christian usage, one who has been regenerated and sanctified by the Spirit of God; one of the redeemed: applied to them both in their earthly and in their heavenly state; also used of persons of other religions: as, a Buddhist saint.n. One who is eminent for consecration, holiness, and piety in life and character; specifically, one who is generally or officially recognized as an example of holiness of life, and to whose name it is customary to prefix Saint (abbreviated St. or S.) as a title.n. An angel.n. One of the blessed dead: distinguished from the angels, who are superhuman beings.n. An image of a saint.n. A North American shrub, Ascyrum Crux Andreæ.n. Erysipelas.n. A Bordeaux wine, especially red, of medium quality.n. A red wine grown near Poitiers.n. The ergot of rye (Claviceps purpurea). See ergot for figure and description.n. A red wine produced in the neighborhood of the Rhone, not often exported.n. Tinea.n. Measles of the hog. See Trichina, trichinosis.n. Insanity.n. The garfish, Belone belone or B. vulgaris.n. In later books, the European Hypericum quadrangulum.n. Perhaps transferred from the last, the American genns Ascyrum, especially A. stans.n. The snowberry, Symphoricarpos.n. A white wine produced in the department of Gironde, in the neighborhood of St. Emilion.To number or enroll among saints officially; canonize.To salute as a saint.To act piously or with a show of piety; play the saint: sometimes with an indefinite it.n. An old game: same as cent, 4.
