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# saint

«saint» in Mova's school 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/school/S/saint/#m1)

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

### sense in the 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

- Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saint/#x1)
- St Valentine's Day is in February. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saint/#x2)
- Our school is named after a saint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saint/#x3)
- You are a saint for helping me tidy up! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saint/#x4)
- The church has a window showing a saint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saint/#x5)
- Saint Nicholas is linked to Santa Claus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saint/#x6)
- "I'm an honest man," says Saint Kavin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saint/#x7)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [The Haitian Revolution from 1791 overthrew slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, and Haiti became independent in 1804.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade/18/)
- [«The communion of saints» means that all Christians, living and dead, are joined in God's family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/15/)
- [Tunnel-boring machines are often given women's names, from an old tradition linked to Saint Barbara, the saint of miners.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/8/)
- ['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/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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