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 →

2) A very kind, patient and good person. tree →

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 →
• Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Thy saints shout for joy. (Writings PSA.132.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• All Thy works shall praise Thee, O LORD; and Thy saints shall bless Thee. (Writings PSA.145.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. tree →
• St Valentine's Day is in February. tree →
• Our school is named after a saint. tree →
• You are a saint for helping me tidy up! tree →
• The church has a window showing a saint. tree →
• Saint Nicholas is linked to Santa Claus. tree →
• "I'm an honest man," says Saint Kavin. tree →

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.'
• Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
• Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Thy saints shout for joy.
• Her priests also will I clothe with salvation; and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
• All Thy works shall praise Thee, O LORD; and Thy saints shall bless Thee.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «saint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.