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Saint vs San - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between saint and san

is that saint is 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 while san is a letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa.

As a verb saint

is to canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.

As a proper noun San is

a member of the ethnically distinct, short-statured nomadic people of southern Africa.

As an acronym SAN is

styrene-acrylonitrile resin.

saint

English

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.

    Synonyms

    * (holy person) (l), sheik

    Related terms

    * sainthood * saintly * saintess

    See also

    * hallow * holos * holy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.
    • Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.

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    san

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase ) that came after pi and before qoppa.

    • See also

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    Etymology 2

    sanatorium

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, informal) A sanatorium.
  • * 1940 , Enid Blyton, The Naughtiest Girl in the School
    • "Haven't you heard?" said Belinda. "Joan's ill! She'd got a high temperature, and she's in bed in the San ."
  • * 2005 , Dan Soucoup, ?Richard Thorne McCully, McCully's New Brunswick (page 137)
    • River Glade Sanatorium, River Glade, June 25, 1931. The "San " at River Glade with the Petitcodiac River in the background.

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