Oh give it up. Simply semantics. This isn’t the time nor the place for an argument about the proper use of the title “saint.” It’s obvious to anyone with any sense a grain of education that the Greek term in the NT simply means “holy ones.” The same term (or the Latin equivalent) has also come to be used as a title. Not a big deal nor a bone of contention for anyone other than those looking for a pointless argument over word usage.
It’s not “either,” “or”; it is “both,” “and.”
“The same term (or the Latin equivalent) has also come to be used as a title. Not a big deal nor a bone of contention for anyone other than those looking for a pointless argument over word usage.”
The first usage, “holy ones”, applied to all believers, is Biblical - inspired by God.
The second, “come to be used”, is man-made.
To you that may be a pointless distinction. No problem. I disagree.