Saint - Definition

n 1: a person who has died and has been declared a saint by
canonization
2: person of exceptional holiness [syn: saint, holy man,
holy person, angel]
3: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint,
apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]
v 1: hold sacred [syn: enshrine, saint]
2: declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to
have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized" [syn:
canonize, canonise, saint]