saint
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(noun) person of exceptional holiness |
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Synonyms: angel, holy man, holy person |
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Related Words: Buddha, fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir, good person |
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(noun) a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization |
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Related Words: Apostle Paul, Apostle of the Gentiles, Francis of Assisi, Giovanni di Bernardone, Paul, Paul the Apostle, Saint Francis, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saul, Saul of Tarsus, St. Francis, deity, divinity, god, immortal, patron saint |
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(verb) hold sacred |
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Synonyms: enshrine |
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Related Words: fear, revere, reverence, venerate |
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(verb) in the Catholic church; declare to be a saint; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican" |
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Synonyms: beatify, canonize |
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Related Words: adjudge, declare, hold |
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(noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal |
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Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon |
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Related Words: crackerjack, humdinger, jimdandy, jimhickey, model, role model |
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