聖せい

noun, noun, used as a prefix

Saint; St.; S.

Used as a prefix before Christian saints' names, e.g. 聖パウロ (Saint Paul). Also appears in some fixed compounds like 聖書 (Bible).

• 聖せいパトリックの日ひはアイルランドの祝しゅく日じつです。

  St. Patrick's Day is a holiday in Ireland.

• 聖せい書しょはキリスト教きょうの聖せい典てんです。

  The Bible is the sacred scripture of Christianity.

noun, na-adjective

sacred; holy; pure

Describes something religiously sacred, morally pure, or inviolable. Often used in compound words like 聖地 (sacred place) or 聖なる (holy).

• この森もりは古ふるくから聖せいなる場ば所しょとされてきた。

  This forest has been considered a sacred place since ancient times.

• 彼かの女じょの聖せいな心こころに感かん動どうした。

  I was moved by her pure heart.