Meanings
Origin
- Middle Englishseintesse
- Englishsaintess
From Middle English seintesse. By surface analysis, saint + -ess.
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Chinese Cantonese 聖女 /圣女
- 聖女 /圣女female saint
Chinese Mandarin 聖女 /圣女
- 聖女 /圣女 (shèngnǚ)female saint
French sainte
- saintefemale saint
German Heilige
- Heiligefemale saint
Italian santa
- santafemale saint
Japanese 聖女
- 聖女 (seijo)female saint
Portuguese santa
- santafemale saint
Spanish santa
- santafemale saint
Turkish azize
- azizefemale saint
Vietnamese thánh nữ
- thánh nữfemale saint
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APA
saintess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saintess
MLA
“saintess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saintess. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saintess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saintess.
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