Saint·ed, a.
1. Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious. “A most sainted king.”
Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats. --Milton.
2. Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for dead.
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Saint 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.
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]