Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue. · One of the blessed in heaven. · A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world. · Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).
From Middle English saint, seint, sainct, seinct, sanct, senct, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and confluence with Old French saint, seinte (Modern French saint); both from Latin sānctus (“holy, consecrated”, in Late Latin as a noun, “a saint”), past participle of sancīre (“to render sacred, make holy”), akin to sacer (“holy, sacred”). Doublet of Sanctus. Displaced native Middle English halwe (“saint”) from Old English hālga (“saint, holy one”) (> Modern English hallow (“saint”)).
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