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# saint

«saint» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person who the Christian Church (and some other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a saint, saints); title (Saint, St)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A saint is a person who the Christian Church (and some other religions) honours because they lived a very good and holy life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#m1)

2) A very kind, patient and good person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Psalms use it for those who are loyal to God (Hebrew chasidim), whose death is precious to Him. Interpretation: Jewish tradition reads these as the righteous who love God, and the word chasid later came to mean a pious person. In the primary lessons: Used in religious education and history: patron saints of countries (Saint George, Saint Patrick, Saint Andrew, Saint David). Many festivals are saints' days (St Patrick's Day, St Valentine's Day). Place names: St Paul's, St Ives. Phrase: "you're a saint" = you are very kind.

### examples

- Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. (Writings PSA.116.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#x1)
- Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Thy saints shout for joy. (Writings PSA.132.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#x2)
- All Thy works shall praise Thee, O LORD; and Thy saints shall bless Thee. (Writings PSA.145.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#x3)
- Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#x4)
- St Valentine's Day is in February. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#x5)
- Our school is named after a saint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#x6)
- You are a saint for helping me tidy up! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#x7)
- The church has a window showing a saint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#x8)
- Saint Nicholas is linked to Santa Claus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#x9)
- "I'm an honest man," says Saint Kavin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/#x10)

### note

Written "St" or "St." before a name: St Andrew. Do not confuse "St" (Saint) with "St" (Street). Adjective: saintly.

### In the corpora

- ['Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.822/)
- [Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2126/)
- [Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Thy saints shout for joy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2440/)
- [Her priests also will I clothe with salvation; and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2447/)
- [All Thy works shall praise Thee, O LORD; and Thy saints shall bless Thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2625/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «saint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.