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- noun Plural form of
saint . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
saint .
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Examples
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God's saints, she was their most bitter and relentless persecutor, yea, was "_drunken with the blood of the saints_, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus."
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Thus they speak of "_the saints which are at Jerusalem_," "_The saints which are at Achaia_," "_To all that be in Rome ... called to be saints_," "_As in all the churches of the saints_."
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The NFL owns the Gold fleur de lis, the term saints in connection with NOLA, etc.
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The death of the saints is their exodus, their departure out of the Egypt of this world, their release out of a house of bondage.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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The power that still worketh for the saints is according to that power that hath wrought in them.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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When the mirth of carnal worldlings ceases the joy of the saints is as lively as ever; when the merry-hearted do sigh because the vine languishes the upright-hearted do sing because the covenant of grace, the fountain of their comforts and the foundation of their hopes, never fails.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Note, First, Though the faith of all the saints is alike precious, yet it is not in all alike strong; all believers are not of the same size and stature.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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The happiness of the saints is the envy of the wicked, and that envy is the rottenness of their bones.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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We are called with a high and holy calling; we are called to God's kingdom and glory; and no less than the inheritance of the saints is the hope of our calling, nothing less than the enjoyment of that glory and felicity which shall be revealed when Christ Jesus shall be revealed from heaven.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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And the consolation of the saints is an everlasting consolation.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
chained_bear commented on the word saints
"The appeal probably had much to do with the odor of sanctity that by now was a commonplace of the religiosity of medieval Christendom, the spices being seen as proof of God's favor, symbolic evidence of special status. To lie among spices was to lie in the odor of the saints."
--Jack Turner, _Spice: The History of a Temptation_ (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), 153
December 2, 2016