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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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saint holy (prefixed to a name, now regarded as the sb. used attrib.); sb. canonized person; one of the elect of God XIV; person of great holiness XVI. OE.
sanct, superseded (XII) by
seint(e),
sa(i)nt (before a name with initial cons.,
sein,
sayn) — OF.
seint, (also mod.)
saint, fem.
seinte,
sainte, prefixed occas. †
sain :- L.
sanctus sacred, holy, prop. pp. of
sancīre (see
SANCTION), used sb. in the Vulg., e.g. Ps. 29: 5.
Hence
saintly (
-LY1) XVII.
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