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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.

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Adjudge 76% connected

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Deity 76% connected

The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works.

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Divinity 76% connected

The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

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Fear 76% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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God 76% connected

Good.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Immortal 76% connected

Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance.

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Model 76% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Revere 76% connected

To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.

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Reverence 76% connected

Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

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Venerate 76% connected

To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders.

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Buddha 76% connected

The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Siddartha or Sakya…

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Fakir 76% connected

An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk.

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Faquir 76% connected

See Fakir.

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Derivationally related 8

Angelical 74% connected

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine.

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Angelical 74% connected

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine.

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Sainted 74% connected

of Saint

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Sainted 74% connected

of Saint

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Sainthood 74% connected

The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.

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Sainthood 74% connected

The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.

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Sanctify 74% connected

To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.

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Sanctify 74% connected

To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.

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Sainthood 70% connected

The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.

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Synonym 9

Angel 92% connected

A messenger.

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Apotheosis 92% connected

The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.

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Canonize 92% connected

To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

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Enshrine 92% connected

To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.

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Ideal 92% connected

Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.

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Nonesuch 92% connected

A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is given as a name to various ob…

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Nonpareil 92% connected

Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.

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Nonsuch 92% connected

See Nonesuch.

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Paragon 92% connected

A companion; a match; an equal.

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