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Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue.
- (figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
- One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.
- One of the blessed in heaven.
Verbit
- (nonstandard) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.
Esimerkit
- Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint.
- Dorothy Day was a living saint.
- Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!
- to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours. (1Cor. 1:2)
- Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure / Far separate, circling thy holy mount, / Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing.
- Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.
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