SA'INFOIN,

SAINT, noun [Latin sanctus.]

1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue. It is particularly applied to the apostles and other holy persons mentioned in Scripture. A hypocrite may imitate a saint. Psalms 16:1.

2. One of the blessed in heaven. Revelation 18:1.

3. The holy angels are called saint. Deuteronomy 33:1. Jude 1:14.

4. One canonized by the church of Rome.

SAINT, verb transitive To number or enroll among saints by an official act of the pope; to canonize.

Over against the church stands a large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been beautified, though never sainted.

SAINT, verb intransitive To act with a show of piety.