1. (

• saint ,

) a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization ;

2. (

• saint ,
• holy_man ,
• holy_person ,
• angel ,

) person of exceptional holiness ;

3. (

• ideal ,
• paragon ,
• nonpareil ,
• saint ,
• apotheosis ,
• nonesuch ,
• nonsuch

) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal ;

1. (

• enshrine ,
• saint

) hold sacred ;

2. (

• canonize ,
• canonise ,
• saint

) declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized" ;