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 →

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

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 →
• 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

• The Haitian Revolution from 1791 overthrew slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, and Haiti became independent in 1804.
• «The communion of saints» means that all Christians, living and dead, are joined in God's family.
• Tunnel-boring machines are often given women's names, from an old tradition linked to Saint Barbara, the saint of miners.
• '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.

Trees and pragmatics

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