Definition of saint:
		
	
		
		
		(n) :
		
		a holy person, especially one who has shown heroic virtue; a person whom a church or another religious group has officially proclaimed to have shown heroic virtue and 
holiness
		 
								
				"dorothy Day was a living saint."
			
			
	
		
		
		(v) :
		
		to 
canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint
		
 
								
				"many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately."