English words for 'saints'
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- Any of several saints
- Ellipsis of St. Francis River.
- A city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A town on the Canadian border in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States.
- Ellipsis of St. Francis County.
- (Roman Catholicism) Saint Francis of Assisi
- A small city, the county seat of Cheyenne County, Kansas, United States.
- A city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas, United States.
- A small city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States.
noun
- (Christianity) A catalogue of saints.
- (Christianity) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of a church.
- (historical, Ancient Rome) Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence (transferred sense) a list of magistrates.
- (art) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
- A novel published in two volumes forming one continuous story (as opposed to a duology or dilogy).
- A literary work consisting of two contrasting parts, such as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view.
- A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- (transferred sense) Any work made up of two parts treating complementary or contrasting aspects of one general topic.
- a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)
noun
- Abbreviation of Saints.
- A conventionally-powered submarine
- Initialism of social security.
- Initialism of stainless steel.
- Initialism of secret service or Secret Service.
- (statistics) Initialism of sum of squares.
- diesel-powered attack submarine
- (computing) Initialism of screenshot.
- (military, astronautics) NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union
- (fashion) Initialism of spring/summer, often followed by a year.
- Initialism of Segawa syndrome.
- Initialism of spousal support.
- (textiles) Initialism of side seam.
- Initialism of steamship.
- (baseball) Initialism of shortstop.
- Initialism of screw steamer (a screw-driven steamship)
- the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
- special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps
adj
name
noun
- a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
- A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
- a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
- a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
- a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
- a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy
- a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
- Alternative spelling of qanun.
- In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
- A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- A formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
- Alternative spelling of cannon (“a carom in billiards”).
- (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
- A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
- (chiefly fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymic) these sources' content.
- The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
- A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
- (cooking) Alternative form of cannon (“rolled and filleted loin of meat”).
- The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
adj
noun
- (countable) A biography of a saint.
- (uncountable) The study of saints and the documentation of their lives.
- (countable, by extension) A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
- (derogatory) A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda.
- a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
adj
noun
noun
- (religion) The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead.
- (UK) The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.
- The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
- That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
- a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
- a recognition of meritorious service
name
- Any of several saints named Charles
- A municipality of the Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
- A small census-designated place in Gregory County, South Dakota, United States.
- A small city in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States.
- A village in Saginaw County, Michigan, United States.
- A small home rule city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.
- A planned community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
- A small city in Madison County, Iowa, United States.
- A city, the county seat of St. Charles County, Missouri, United States.
- A city in Winona County, Minnesota, United States.
- A small town in Lee County, Virginia, United States.
- A small town in Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States.
- A city in DuPage County and Kane County, Illinois, United States.
verb
- (chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
- (figurative) To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.
- (Christianity) To formally declare (a piece of religious writing) to be part of the biblical canon.
- (by extension) To regard (an artistic or written work or its creator) as one of a group that are representative of a particular field.
- (chiefly Christianity) Especially of a church: to give official approval to; to authorize, to sanction.
- treat as a sacred person
- declare (a dead person) to be a saint
noun
- A reliquary: a case in which the relics of saints are kept.
- The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
- A semicircular projection from any building that is similar to a church's apse.
- (architecture) The rounded east end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
- (strictest sense) The interior portion of this section of the church building, excluding the ambulatory and any apse chapels.
- a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
noun
noun
adj
- Of or pertaining to Saint George.
- Of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I and George II of Great Britain, and George III and George IV of the United Kingdom (1714–1830), sometimes also including the brief reign of William IV (1830–1837).
- (poetry) Pertaining to a movement in lyric poetry during the reign of King George V of the United Kingdom (1910–1936).
- (architecture) Of or relating to an architectural style of the period, marked by symmetry and proportion based on the classical architecture of Greece and Rome.
- Of, from, or pertaining to the U.S. state of Georgia or its Georgian English dialect.
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of German poet Stefan George (1868–1933).
- of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language
- of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England
- of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants
- of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia
name
noun
- (historical) A British citizen during the reign of a king named George.
- A person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
- A native or resident of the state of Georgia in the United States of America.
- a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition
- a native or resident of the American state of Georgia
- a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia
noun
noun
- (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
- Introduction into a canon of artistic or literary works.
- (Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
- The state of being canonized or sainted.
adj
noun
noun
- Initialism of parish priest.
- (video games) Abbreviation of performance points.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pussy pass.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polypropylene.
- (dance) Initialism of promenade position.
- (sports) Initialism of power play.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
- (British, Ireland) Initialism of planning permission.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
- (medicine) Initialism of precocious puberty.
- (grammar) Initialism of postpositional phrase.
- (grammar) Initialism of past participle.
- (grammar) Initialism of prepositional phrase.
- Initialism of public parking.
name
phrase
adj
noun
- (Christianity) A catalogue of saints.
- (Christianity) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of a church.
- (historical, Ancient Rome) Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence (transferred sense) a list of magistrates.
- (art) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
- A novel published in two volumes forming one continuous story (as opposed to a duology or dilogy).
- A literary work consisting of two contrasting parts, such as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view.
- A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- (transferred sense) Any work made up of two parts treating complementary or contrasting aspects of one general topic.
- a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)
noun
- Abbreviation of Saints.
- A conventionally-powered submarine
- Initialism of social security.
- Initialism of stainless steel.
- Initialism of secret service or Secret Service.
- (statistics) Initialism of sum of squares.
- diesel-powered attack submarine
- (computing) Initialism of screenshot.
- (military, astronautics) NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union
- (fashion) Initialism of spring/summer, often followed by a year.
- Initialism of Segawa syndrome.
- Initialism of spousal support.
- (textiles) Initialism of side seam.
- Initialism of steamship.
- (baseball) Initialism of shortstop.
- Initialism of screw steamer (a screw-driven steamship)
- the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
- special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps
adj
name
noun
- a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
- A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
- a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
- a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
- a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
- a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy
- a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
- Alternative spelling of qanun.
- In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
- A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- A formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
- Alternative spelling of cannon (“a carom in billiards”).
- (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
- A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
- (chiefly fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymic) these sources' content.
- The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
- A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
- (cooking) Alternative form of cannon (“rolled and filleted loin of meat”).
- The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
adj
noun
- (countable) A biography of a saint.
- (uncountable) The study of saints and the documentation of their lives.
- (countable, by extension) A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
- (derogatory) A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda.
- a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
noun
- (religion) The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead.
- (UK) The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.
- The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
- That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
- a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
- a recognition of meritorious service
noun
- A reliquary: a case in which the relics of saints are kept.
- The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
- A semicircular projection from any building that is similar to a church's apse.
- (architecture) The rounded east end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
- (strictest sense) The interior portion of this section of the church building, excluding the ambulatory and any apse chapels.
- a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
noun
noun
noun
noun
- (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
- Introduction into a canon of artistic or literary works.
- (Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
- The state of being canonized or sainted.
noun
noun
- Initialism of parish priest.
- (video games) Abbreviation of performance points.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pussy pass.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polypropylene.
- (dance) Initialism of promenade position.
- (sports) Initialism of power play.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
- (British, Ireland) Initialism of planning permission.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
- (medicine) Initialism of precocious puberty.
- (grammar) Initialism of postpositional phrase.
- (grammar) Initialism of past participle.
- (grammar) Initialism of prepositional phrase.
- Initialism of public parking.
name
phrase
verb
- (chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
- (figurative) To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.
- (Christianity) To formally declare (a piece of religious writing) to be part of the biblical canon.
- (by extension) To regard (an artistic or written work or its creator) as one of a group that are representative of a particular field.
- (chiefly Christianity) Especially of a church: to give official approval to; to authorize, to sanction.
- treat as a sacred person
- declare (a dead person) to be a saint
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adj
- Of or pertaining to Saint George.
- Of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I and George II of Great Britain, and George III and George IV of the United Kingdom (1714–1830), sometimes also including the brief reign of William IV (1830–1837).
- (poetry) Pertaining to a movement in lyric poetry during the reign of King George V of the United Kingdom (1910–1936).
- (architecture) Of or relating to an architectural style of the period, marked by symmetry and proportion based on the classical architecture of Greece and Rome.
- Of, from, or pertaining to the U.S. state of Georgia or its Georgian English dialect.
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of German poet Stefan George (1868–1933).
- of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language
- of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England
- of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants
- of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia
name
noun
- (historical) A British citizen during the reign of a king named George.
- A person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
- A native or resident of the state of Georgia in the United States of America.
- a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition
- a native or resident of the American state of Georgia
- a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia