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sainted |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saint \Saint\ (s[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sainted}; p. pr & vb n. {Sainting}.] To make a saint of to enroll among the saints by an offical act as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one). A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been beatified, though never sainted. --Addison. {To saint it}, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety. Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it --Pope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sainted \Saint"ed\, a. 1. Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious. ``A most sainted king.'' --Shak. Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats. --Milton. 2. Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for {dead}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sainted adj : marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic benificence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother" [syn: {angelic}, {angelical}, {beatific}, {saintlike}, {saintly}]
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