搜尋結果
saint
- IPA[seɪnt]
英式
- a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven after death；a person of exalted virtue who is canonized by the Church after death and who may be the object of veneration and prayers for intercession
- formally recognize as a saint; canonize
noun: saint, plural noun: saints
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven after death a place dedicated to a seventh-century saint figures of apostles and saints
- ▪ a person of exalted virtue who is canonized by the Church after death and who may be the object of veneration and prayers for intercession Innocent III stressed that only the Pope had the authority to declare a saint
- ▪ used in titles of religious saints the epistles of Saint Paul St Mary's Church
- ▪ a member or follower of the Latter-day Saints movement; a Mormon Smith began to cast around for uninhabited territories where the Saints might build their Kingdom
- ▪ (in biblical use) a Christian believer the poor saints which are at Jerusalem
- 2. informal a very virtuous, kind, or patient person she's a saint to go on living with that man
動詞
- 1. formally recognize as a saint; canonize the sandy shores of the River Nid, where Holy Olaf's bones were laid to rest before he had been sainted
