1 (abbreviation S, St) a person that the Christian Church recognizes as being very holy, because of the way they have lived or died:
St John * St Valentine's Day * The children were all named after saints.
seealsoPATRONSAINT St Bernard
2 a very good, kind or patient person:
She's a saint to go on living with that man. * His behaviour would try the patience of a saint.
sainthood noun [U]
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