{
    "term": "saint",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person that the Christian Church recognizes as being very holy, because of the way they have lived or died",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "St John"
                },
                {
                    "text": "St Valentine’s Day"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children were all named after saints."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["patron", "Buddhist", "Catholic"],
                "verb + saint": ["canonize", "venerate", "become"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a very good, kind or patient person",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's a saint to go on living with that man."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His behaviour would try **the patience of a saint**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seɪnt//snt/",
                "audio": "sa/saint/saint__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seɪnt/",
                "audio": "sa/saint/saint__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English, from Old French seint, from Latin sanctus ‘holy’, past participle of sancire ‘consecrate’."
}