Seint vs. Saint — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Seint and Saint
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Definitions
Seint
A girdle.
Saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term "saint" depends on the context and denomination.
Seint
A saint.
Saint
Abbr. St. or S. A person officially recognized, especially by canonization, as being entitled to public veneration and capable of interceding for people on earth.
Saint
A person who has died and gone to heaven.
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Saint
Saint A member of any of various Christian groups, especially a Latter-Day Saint.
Saint
A person who is venerated for holiness in a non-Christian religious tradition.
Saint
An extremely virtuous person.
Saint
To name, recognize, or venerate as a saint.
Saint
To regard or venerate as extremely virtuous.
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Saint
A person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint.
Saint
A person with 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!
Saint
One of the blessed in heaven.
Saint
(archaic) A holy object.
Saint
(transitive) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.
Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.
Saint
A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.
Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints.
Saint
One of the blessed in heaven.
Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impureFar separate, circling thy holy mount,Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing.
Saint
One canonized by the church.
Saint
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).
A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been beatified, though never sainted.
Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it.
Saint
To act or live as a saint.
Saint
A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
Saint
Person of exceptional holiness
Saint
Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
Saint
Hold sacred
Saint
In the Catholic church; declare (a dead person) to be a saint;
After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized
