What is the meaning of saint?

noun

A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization.
Person of exceptional holiness.
- synonyms: holy man, holy person, angel
Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.
- synonyms: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch

verb

Hold sacred.
- synonyms: enshrine
Declare (a dead person) to be a saint.
- usage: "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
- synonyms: canonize, canonise

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