Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having been canonized.
- adjective Of saintly character; holy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Canonized; enrolled among the saints.
- Holy; pious.
- Sacred.
- Entered into bliss; gone to heaven: often used as a euphemism for dead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious.
- adjective Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for
dead .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
saint . - adjective Of or pertaining to a
saint ; saint-like,reverenced . - adjective Used to mark a beloved person mentioned in conversation as being deceased.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
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Examples
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(This one is useful because Clinton supporters like to conflate race-baiting with crude racism, and then get all huffy and say how dare you call the sainted Clintons racist.
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Hi ntsc, your wife ought to be sainted, that is an amazing amout of work, good on her.
At My Table 2008
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This man was railroaded by a zealot government, the "sainted" Republicans.
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Yeah, the way to win in the DEMOCRATIC primaries is to praise the "sainted" Republican president Ronald Reagan.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Hillary Personally Slams Obama Over Reagan Comments 2009
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He was a boor and a bully then who coasted to office on his fleshy, redneck looks and his father's reputation as the "sainted" legendary football coach of the Redskins.
VA-SEN: Mike Stark Details Allen Tackle Episode; Faults Media's Soft Coverage Of Race 2009
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Yeah, the way to win in the DEMOCRATIC primaries is to praise the "sainted" Republican president Ronald Reagan.
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Because the "sainted" democrats did NOTHING TO ENSURE that the US population understood the terms.
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Those wearing the Purple Heart are in a unique group that have achieved a kind of sainted status in all U.S. military services.
Some Military Perspective On The Walter Reed Hospital Situation 2007
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That's what will keep your memory on the "sainted" list.
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The "sainted" Ronald Reagan went to a car assembly plant, got on a podium in the parking lot, and told the car workers his beliefs.
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