sainement (sè-n-mān), adv., soundly, rationally, judiciously, healthily, wholesomely.
sainfoin, n.m., (bot.) sainfoin.
saint, -e, adj., holy, sacred, godly, sainted; sanctified; consecrated, saintly. — homme; godly man. L’Ecriture —e; Holy-Writ. La semaine —e; holy-week. Le vendredi —; Good-Friday. La —-Jean; Midsummer. La —-Martin; Martinmas-day. Le —-siège; the holy see. —-père; holy father, the Pope. Le —-Esprit, l’Esprit-—; the Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit. Le —-empire romain, le —-empire; (formerly) the German empire. —-office; the holy-office (a name for the Inquisition). Mal —-Jean, mal de —; falling sickness. Rendre —; to sanctify. Lieu —; sanctuary. Terre —e; consecrated ground; Holy Land. Feu —-Antoine; Saint Anthony’s fire, erysipelas. La —e journée; the blessed, or the whole, day. Tout le — Frusquin; (pop.) the whole bally lot (of clothes). [Saint is written with a capital letter and joined to the following name by a hyphen, when such name does not designate a saint: la Saint-Jean; Midsummer.]
saint, n.m., -e, n.f., saint, patron saint, patron. — d’une ville; patron saint of a town. Mettre au nombre des —s; to canonize. Il ne sait à quel — se vouer; he does not know which way to turn. Le — des —s; the holy of holies.
saint-augustin, n.m., (n.p.) Saint Augustine; (print.) English.
sainte-barbe, n.f., (—) (nav.) powder-magazine, gun-room. Collège —; (in Paris).
saintement (sint-mān), adv., holily, sacredly; righteously, piously, religiously.
sainte nitouche, n.f., (n.p.) a sanctimonious-looking person. Faire la — —; to sham Abraham.
sainte-pélagie, n.f., (formerly) debtor’s prison; the French “Marshalsea”; (now) a political prison.
sainteté (sint-té), n.f., holiness, sanctity, sacredness, saintliness; godliness, righteousness; Holiness (the pope); (b.s.) saintship.