saint
Example Sentences
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He stresses that Columbus was “no saint” and concedes that his portrait of the man can seem “unsympathetic.”
He took Francis as his papal name in honour of St Francis of Assisi, a saint who renounced his wealth and lived among the poor.
From BBC
And before anyone asks why my husband isn’t speaking up: I live in the Midwest, where the culture is very much “worship your mother; she is a saint.”
From MarketWatch
In January comes a theatrical film produced by Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television, “Moses the Black,” a modern riff on the legend of the 4th-century saint the movie is named for.
To help Juan Diego, who was later named a saint, prove his story, the virgin is said to have imprinted her image on his cloak.
From Los Angeles Times
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