saint
/seɪnt/ noun B2- A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
- One of the blessed in heaven.
- A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
- A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good. · Dorothy Day was a living saint.· Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!
Plural saints
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Nothing will give greater pleasure to all your old friends; and I know one down there behind the Saint Nicolas citadel who will not be sorry to hear it.”
The prisoner heard the cry, which sounded like the sob of a broken heart, and leaning from the coach he called out, “Good-bye, Mercédès—we shall soon meet again!” Then the vehicle disappeared round one of the turnings of Fort Saint Nicholas.
An old man, decorated with the cross of Saint Louis, now rose and proposed the health of King Louis XVIII.
It was the Marquis de Saint-Méran.
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