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 Definition: [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"
 
 Synonyms: angelic, angelical, beatific, good, saintlike, saintly
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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}.

 



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