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St.

 
Use St. in a Sentence
1. Saint.
2. statute; statutes.
3. Strait.
4. Street.

st.

 
1. stanza.
2. state.
3. statute; statutes.
4. stet.
5. stitch.
6. stone (weight).
7. strait.
8. street.

Giles

  [jahylz]
–noun
1. Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
2. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “shieldbearer.”

Leo III

 
–noun
1. Saint, a.d. c750–816, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 795–816.
2. (“the Isaurian”), a.d. c680–741, Eastern Roman emperor 717–741.

Saint

 
For entries beginning with this word, see also St., Ste.
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saint   (sānt)   
n.  

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

    2. A person who has died and gone to heaven.

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

  2. An extremely virtuous person.

tr.v.   saint·ed, saint·ing, saints
To name, recognize, or venerate as a saint; canonize.

[Middle English seint, from Old French saint, from Late Latin sānctus, from Latin, holy, past participle of sancīre, to consecrate; see sak- in Indo-European roots.]
st.  
abbr.  

  1. stanza

  2. statute

  3. stet

  4. stitch

  5. stone (weight)

  6. strophe

St.  
abbr.  

  1. saint

  2. state

  3. strait

  4. street

stone   (stōn)   
n.  

    1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; rock.

    2. Such concreted matter of a particular type. Often used in combination: sandstone; soapstone.

    3. A piece of rock that is used in construction: a coping stone; a paving stone.

    4. A gravestone or tombstone.

    5. A grindstone, millstone, or whetstone.

    6. A milestone or boundary.

  2. A small piece of rock.

  3. Rock or a piece of rock shaped or finished for a particular purpose, especially:

    1. A piece of rock that is used in construction: a coping stone; a paving stone.

    2. A gravestone or tombstone.

    3. A grindstone, millstone, or whetstone.

    4. A milestone or boundary.

  4. A gem or precious stone.

  5. Something, such as a hailstone, resembling a stone in shape or hardness.

  6. Botany The hard covering enclosing the seed in certain fruits, such as the cherry, plum, or peach.

  7. Pathology A mineral concretion in an organ, such as the kidney or gallbladder, or other body part; a calculus.

  8. pl. stone Abbr. st. A unit of weight in Great Britain, 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms).

  9. Printing A table with a smooth surface on which page forms are composed.

adj.  

  1. Relating to or made of stone: a stone wall.

  2. Made of stoneware or earthenware.

  3. Complete; utter: a stone liar.

adv.  Completely; utterly: stone cold; standing stone still.
tr.v.   stoned, ston·ing, stones

  1. To hurl or throw stones at, especially to kill with stones.

  2. To remove the stones or pits from.

  3. To furnish, fit, pave, or line with stones.

  4. To rub on or with a stone in order to polish or sharpen.

  5. Obsolete To make hard or indifferent.


[Middle English, from Old English stān; see stāi- in Indo-European roots.]
strait   (strāt)   
n.  

  1. Abbr. Str. or St. A narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water. Often used in the plural with a singular verb.

  2. A position of difficulty, perplexity, distress, or need. Often used in the plural: in desperate straits.

adj.  

    1. Difficult; stressful.

    2. Having or marked by limited funds or resources.

    3. Narrow.

    4. Affording little space or room; confined.

    5. Fitting tightly; constricted.

  2. Archaic

    1. Narrow.

    2. Affording little space or room; confined.

    3. Fitting tightly; constricted.

  3. Archaic Strict, rigid, or righteous.


[Middle English streit, narrow, a strait, from Old French estreit, tight, narrow, from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]
strait'ly adv., strait'ness n.
street   (strēt)   
n.  

    1. Abbr. St. A public way or thoroughfare in a city or town, usually with a sidewalk or sidewalks.

    2. Such a public way considered apart from the sidewalks: Don't play in the street.

    3. A public way or road along with the houses or buildings abutting it: lives on a quiet street.

  2. The people living, working, or habitually gathering in or along a street: The whole street protested the new parking regulations.

  3. Street A district, such as Wall Street in New York City, that is identified with a specific profession. Often used with the.

  4. The streets of a city viewed as the scene of crime, poverty, or dereliction.

  5. The common public viewed as a repository of public attitudes and understanding.

adj.  

  1. Near or giving passage to a street: a street door.

    1. Taking place in the street: a street brawl; street crime.

    2. Living or making a living on the streets: street people; a street vendor.

    3. Performing on the street: street musicians; a street juggler.

    4. Crude; vulgar: street language; street humor.

  3. Appropriate for wear or use in public: street clothes.


[Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt, strēt, from Late Latin strāta, paved road, from Latin, feminine past participle of sternere, to stretch, extend, pave; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Cultural Dictionary

saint

In Christianity, a holy person, living or dead; a person who has been saved (see salvation). Saint is the French word for “holy.” Many churches reserve the title of saint for persons who have died faithful to their Christian commitment. The Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church require certain procedures before people can be officially named saints; this procedure is called canonization.

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Word Origin & History

Giles 
male proper name, from O.Fr. Gilles, from L. Aegidius, from aegis (see aegis).

saint 
c.1125, from O.Fr. seinte, altering O.E. sanct, both from L. sanctus "holy, consecrated" (used as a noun in L.L.), prop. pp. of sancire "consecrate" (see sacred). Adopted into most Gmc. languages (cf. O.Fris. sankt, Du. sint, Ger. Sanct). Originally an adj. prefixed to the name of a canonized person; by c.1300 it came to be regarded as a noun.
"Saint - A dead sinner revised and edited. The Duchess of Orleans relates that the irreverent old calumniator, Marshal Villeroi, who in his youth had known St. Francis de Sales, said, on hearing him called saint: 'I am delighted to hear that Monsieur de Sales is a saint. He was fond of saying indelicate things, and used to cheat at cards. In other respects he was a perfect gentleman, though a fool.' " [Ambrose Bierce]
Meaning "person of extraordinary holiness" is recorded from 1563. The verb meaning "to enroll (someone) among the saints" is attested from 1375. Applied widely to living things, diseases, objects and phenomena, e.g. Saint Bernard, the breed of mastiff dogs (1839), so called because they were used by the monks of the hospice of the pass of St. Bernard (between Italy and Switzerland) to rescue snowbound travelers; St. Elmo's Fire "corposant" (1561) is from It. fuoco di Sant'Elmo, named for the patron saint of Mediterranean sailors, a corruption of the name of St. Erasmus, an Italian bishop martyred in 303.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
st.

  1. stanza

  2. state

  3. statute

  4. stet

  5. stitch

  6. stone

  7. strophe

St.

  1. saint

  2. state

  3. strait

  4. street

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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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