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A saint is a particularly good, holy person. The term is used within Christianity, with definitions varying by denomination, but English-language publications will sometimes use saint to describe a revered person from another religion. The word itself means “holy” and is derived from the Latin sanctus. The concept originates in early Greek Christian literature with the use of the word hagios (Greek άγιος meaning “holy” or “holy one”) and in the New Testament, where it is used to describe the followers of Jesus of Nazareth.[F.W. Danker, et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and other Early Christian Literature, 3rd edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), entry for άγιος esp. definition 2.d.β.] (In the Old Testament, the cognate is the Hebrew word qodesh, קדש)
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