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Ste. That's the abbreviation for "Sainte" meaning holy
St. (an abbreviation of Saint)
Ste. is a French abbreviation for sainte, which is a female saint.
une sainte; ex: Sainte Jeanne d'Arc.
The word for holy is "saint" (masc) or "sainte" (fem) For example Le Saint Esprit is the Holy Spirit. La Sainte Chapelle is the Holy Chapel.
A French holy woman is 'une sainte' in French.
St and Ste are abbreviations for "saint" and "sainte" meaning "holy" in French. They are used for patron saints.
A French holy woman is 'une sainte' in French.
"FR holy woman" is almost always "STE," the abbreviation for the French word Sainte called for because of the abbreviation in the clue. Perhaps it was plural.
holy = hemolele