Definitions for sainted

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sainted saint·ed

Spelling: [seyn-tid]

IPA: /ˈseɪn tɪd/

Sainted is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 321 anagrams from letters in sainted (adeinst).

Definitions for sainted

noun

1. any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
2. a person of great holiness, virtue, or benevolence.
3. a founder, sponsor, or patron, as of a movement or organization.
4. (in certain religious groups) a designation applied by the members to themselves.

adjective

1. enrolled among the saints.
2. being a saint in heaven.
3. sacred or hallowed.
4. like a saint; saintly.

verb (used with object)

1. to enroll formally among the saints recognized by the Church.
2. to give the name of saint to; reckon as a saint.

Origin of sainted

First recorded in 1590-1600; saint + -ed²

Examples for sainted

He has, moreover, a hoard of debts, the result of the luxury of his sainted forefathers.

"It came white after my shaving by a sainted barber in the Holy House," said Castell.

They are all worthy of our praise, but to me, Mrs. Lannarck is sainted, and apart from the rest.

Extensive genuflections to the sainted memory of Ronald Reagan has become standard in GOP debates—but not this time.

Bill Cosby, it seems, can only be seen in two registers: sainted family man of a much-loved sitcom, or fallen, tarnished villain.

This stone was thrown at the sainted Stephen, and the other two are from the Tower of Babel.

Why, they even compared her to the sainted Jacqueline Kennedy.

Indeed, good master, on my knees I swear that what I said is sainted truth.

And the sainted Ronald Reagan backed the assault weapons ban in 1994.

And like the papacy, Penn State was terrified of what might happen should a scandal taint its sainted image.