saint
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- (religion, generally) A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
- (Mormonism, specifically) Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”)
- (figuratively, by extension) A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
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Saint
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- A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.
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Saintes
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- A city in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southeastern France, the former capital of the Saintonge province.
- A French Catholic diocese named after the above, its see.
- A French arrondissement named after the above, its capital.
- (in the plural) A small French Caribbean island chain, the Îles des Saintes, in the Leeward Islands, a dependency of the department of Guadeloupe.
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