Svensk definition
I den kristna kyrkan beteckning på personer som pga sin uppoffring, helighet eller fromhet helgonförklarats genom kanonisation.
I den kristna kyrkan beteckning på personer som pga sin uppoffring, helighet eller fromhet helgonförklarats genom kanonisation.
Persons officially recognized or acknowledged as pre-eminent for consecration, holiness, and piety, especially through canonization by a branch of the Christian church. (From Webster, 3d ed)
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Saint