"saintess" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: saintesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English seintesse, equivalent to saint + -ess. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|seintesse}} Middle English seintesse, {{suffix|en|saint|ess}} saint + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} saintess (plural saintesses)
  1. A female saint. Categories (topical): Female people, Religion Translations (female saint): 聖女 (Chinese Cantonese), 圣女 (alt: sing³ neoi⁵⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 聖女 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣女 (shèngnǚ) (Chinese Mandarin), sainte [feminine] (French), Heilige [feminine] (German), santa [feminine] (Italian), 聖女 (seijo) (alt: せいじょ) (Japanese), santa (Portuguese), santa [feminine] (Spanish), azize (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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