saint

  • (noun): A person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
  • (noun): (by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
  • (noun): One of the blessed in heaven.
  • (noun): A holy object.
  • Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint.
  • Dorothy Day was a living saint.