Noun

(en noun)

A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.

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in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.

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(slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.

(slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.

(slang) A judge.

(printing) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.

A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.

A South American monkey (.

The (European bullfinch).

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(wikipedia saint) (en noun)

A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue.

Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint .

(figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.

Dorothy Day was a living saint .

Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint !

One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints , with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours. (1Cor. 1:2)

One of the blessed in heaven.

* Milton

Then shall thy saints , unmixed, and from the impure / Far separate, circling thy holy mount, / Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing.