Sain

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bless with the sign of the cross; bless so as to protect from evil influence.
  • Forms of the past participle of say, conformed to original strong participles like lain.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • past participle. Said.
  • transitive verb. To sanctify; to bless so as to protect from evil influence.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
  • verb. To make the sign of the cross.
  • verb. To bless, to keep from evil influence.
  • Word Usage
    "As a fodder crop, sainfoin was so nourishing to cattle it was called "holy hay" – "sain" meaning sound or healthy and "foin" meaning hay."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alane  Aquitaine  Ayn  Bahrain  Biscayne  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Marmite  Reine  absurde  apprise  chape  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Said  sanctify  
    verb-form
    sained  saining  sains