Saintess vs. Saint — What's the Difference?

A female saint.

In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term "saint" depends on the context and denomination.

Abbr. St. or S. A person officially recognized, especially by canonization, as being entitled to public veneration and capable of interceding for people on earth.

A person who has died and gone to heaven.

Saint A member of any of various Christian groups, especially a Latter-Day Saint.

A person who is venerated for holiness in a non-Christian religious tradition.

An extremely virtuous person.

To name, recognize, or venerate as a saint.

To regard or venerate as extremely virtuous.

A person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.

A person with positive qualities; one who does good.

One of the blessed in heaven.

(archaic) A holy object.

(transitive) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.

A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.

One of the blessed in heaven.

One canonized by the church.

To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one).

To act or live as a saint.

A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

Person of exceptional holiness

Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

Hold sacred

In the Catholic church; declare (a dead person) to be a saint;