saintling

saintling
\\-tliŋ\ noun (-s)
Etymology: saint (I) + -ling
: an unimportant or young saint

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  • saintling — noun An unimportant saint …   Wiktionary

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  • saint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hallow, pietist, apostle; votary; saintess, patroness; martyr; pir; saintling, saint errant, angel (inf.), paragon (inf.). See piety, innocence, virtue.Ant., devil, demon. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An… …   English dictionary for students

  • saint — n. & v. n. (abbr. St or S; pl. Sts or SS) 1 a holy or (in some Churches) a canonized person regarded as having a place in heaven. 2 (Saint or St) the title of a saint or archangel, hence the name of a church etc. (St Paul s) or (often with the… …   Useful english dictionary

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