as in devout
showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue
renowned as theologian as well as for his work as medical missionary in Africa, Dr. Albert Schweitzer was widely regarded as one of the most sainted individuals of his time
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Recent Examples of sainted
This bio-pic (the first of Dumont’s two films about the doomed and sainted warrior) externalizes the wild subjectivity of her religious devotion in the form of a rock opera, based on plays by the Christian mystic poet Charles Péguy (1871–1914).
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
The rules, the sainted Laws, decree that once a game has restarted, it cannot be stopped.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
Might Pablo himself have been bound by just such a hallowed yoke, a sainted confidante?
—Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
Oh, my sainted aunt!
—Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
The rules, the sainted Laws, decree that once a game has restarted, it cannot be stopped.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
Might Pablo himself have been bound by just such a hallowed yoke, a sainted confidante?
—Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
Oh, my sainted aunt!
—Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sainted
Adjective
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Between the lines: Hegseth, who's been married three times, portrays himself as a family man and devout Christian.—
Mike Allen,
Axios,
14 Jan. 2025
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This represents a substantive shift among the faithful: For decades, women were always more devout, both in U.S. churches and around the world.—
Jacob Turcotte,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The pious townspeople eat food for sustenance, not enjoyment, and for over a decade Babette dutifully prepares a rather drab-looking bread soup for the sisters, per their instructions.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
21 Dec. 2024
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And yet something about her pious active listening face really gets to Urs.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
20 Nov. 2024
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Bert Smith, a classical archaeologist at Oxford University, told the New York Times that the statue was probably made for religious purposes.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Apocalyptic thinking fuelled the Crusades, stoked the English Civil Wars, and gave rise to seventeenth-century religious movements like the Fifth Monarchists.—
Arthur Krystal,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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With saintly patience, my P.T. informed me that my shin bone was in great shape.—
Amy X. Wang,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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Her devoted readers seemed to blithely accept that her stories, with their grisly leitmotifs, were the product of a saintly lady who was making it all up, out of empathy.—
Rachel Aviv,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The label’s Orange tab, for one, is a holy grail for 1960s-era flared jeans; the Silver tab reflects grungier styles from the 1980s and 1990s.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2025
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Chandler is one of several side characters John encounters on his journey who stand in for the hoards of people who encouraged him, either explicitly or implicitly, to pursue North Sentinel as a holy grail.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Carter was highly educated, intelligent, affable, adaptable, reverent, and a constant supporting partner to his wife of 77 years.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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The presentation is restrained and reverent, but the flavors play together with dynamically on the tongue.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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As Black pitchers are modestly represented in the venerable plaque gallery, most of their enshrinements have come through various iterations of the Veterans Committee and two Special Committees on the Negro Leagues.—
Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr.,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Haunted Mansion at 50: Decades of delays and distractions nearly derailed Disneyland’s venerable dark ride The old Black Widow Bride, known as Constance Hatchway, showed up in wedding portraits with a series of husbands who lost their heads in the Haunted Mansion attic scene.—
Brady MacDonald,
Orange County Register,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Sainted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sainted. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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