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Saint Joan   /seɪnt dʒoʊn/   Listen
Saint Joan

noun
1.
French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431).  Synonyms: Jeanne d'Arc, Joan of Arc.






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"Saint Joan" Quotes from Famous Books



... be declared one? I know the Lady Julian would chide me for saying that, and bid me remember that the Church only can declare man to be saint. But I wonder myself if the Lord never makes saints, without waiting for the Church to do it for Him. The Church may never call my Lady "Saint Joan," but that will she be whether she be so-called or no. And at times I think, too, that they who shall be privileged to dwell in Heaven will find there a great company of saints of whom they never heard, and perchance some of them that sit highest there will ...
— In Convent Walls - The Story of the Despensers • Emily Sarah Holt



Words linked to "Saint Joan" :   military leader, martyr



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