saint
n 1: a person who has died and has been declared a saint by
canonization
2: person of exceptional holiness [syn: {holy man}, {holy
person}, {angel}]
3: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: {ideal}, {paragon}, {nonpareil}, {apotheosis},
{nonesuch}, {nonsuch}]
v 1: hold sacred [syn: {enshrine}]
2: in the Catholic church; declare to be a saint; "On Sunday,
the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican" [syn: {beatify},
{canonize}]