saints
Halos mark them
Saints is the plural of saint—people formally recognized by religious authorities for exceptional holiness, or more loosely, anyone of extraordinary virtue and patience: She's a saint for putting up with him.
In Christianity, saints are venerated figures who can intercede with God.
The word also appears in place names and institutional names: the streets of New Orleans are named after saints. (Capitalized Saints often refers to sports teams.)
Declaring someone among blessed
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- causeWhat produces an effect
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
decree · papal · ceremony · pontiff · hagiography · devil's advocate · incorrupt · feast day
Sacred devotional place
- journeyTravel from place to place
- LourdesFrench pilgrimage town
- FatimaCommon Arabic female name
- SantiagoChile's largest city
Canterbury · relics · pilgrims · veneration · apparition · healing · miracles · grotto
Container for sacred remains
- incorruptibleImpossible to morally compromise
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
sarcophagus · cathedral · basilica · chapel · altar · veneration · translation · first-class
Unverified traditional tale
- vitaBiographical sketch
- biographyWritten life account
- iconsRepresentative small images
- artworkVisual creative production
halo · nimbus · depiction · symbols · attributes · stories · miracles · visions
Sacred spiritual purity
- pietySincere religious devotion
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- humilityFreedom from arrogance
compassion · selflessness · righteousness · purity · benevolence · kindness · prayer · fasting
beatification
Declaring someone among blessed
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- causeWhat produces an effect
congregation · decree · papal · ceremony · pontiff · hagiography · devil's advocate · incorrupt · feast day
shrine
Sacred devotional place
Santiago · Canterbury · relics · pilgrims · veneration · apparition · healing · miracles · grotto · basilica
reliquary
Container for sacred remains
- incorruptibleImpossible to morally compromise
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- bonesRigid internal support structure
crypt · sarcophagus · cathedral · basilica · chapel · altar · veneration · translation · first-class · second-class
legend
Unverified traditional tale
artwork · halo · nimbus · depiction · symbols · attributes · stories · miracles · visions · temptation
holiness
Sacred spiritual purity
humility · compassion · selflessness · righteousness · purity · benevolence · kindness · prayer · fasting · almsgiving
persecution
Systematic mistreatment of groups
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- executionCompleting a planned task
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
martyrdom · witness · testimony · courage · steadfastness · bloodshed · torture · arena · lions · flames
protector
One who safeguards others
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- intercessorOne who advocates for another
- advocatePublic cause supporter
namesake · patronage · feast day · attributes · emblem · helper · healer · travelers · sailors · lost causes
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- notablesleaders, celebrities, dignitary, rulers, VIPs
- holy peopleprophet, holy men, martyr, holy women, mystic
- medieval arttapestry, ivory carvings, Book of Kells, fresco, Lindisfarne Gospels
- moral exemplarsGandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, humanitarians
- spiritual practitionersmeditators, practitioners, devotees, contemplatives, monastics
saintssinners
Moral law violators
devils · demons · evildoers · reprobates · transgressors
saintsSatan
Judeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
Lucifer · fallen angels · Beelzebub · demons · Antichrist
- Latter-day SaintsLDS church adherents
- Saint Patrick's DayIrish cultural holiday
- patience of a saintExceptional capacity for endurance
- Saint VincentEastern Caribbean island nation
- patron saintsHoly advocates for groups
- Saint BernardLarge Swiss rescue breed
saint, saintly, sainted, sainthood, saintship, All Saints' Day