From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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).
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A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been
beatified, though never sainted. --Addison.
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To saint it, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety.
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Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sainted \Saint"ed\, a.
1. Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious. "A most sainted king."
--Shak.
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Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats.
--Milton.
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2. Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for dead.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sainted
adj 1: marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an
angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific
smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my
sainted mother" [syn: angelic, angelical, beatific,
saintlike, saintly, sainted]