Extremely virtuous sort (5)

I believe the answer is:

saint

(Other definitions for saint that I've seen before include "Scotland's oldest university" , "Very virtuous person" , "Holy man" , "Good woman" , "Holy person" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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