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
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Jabbar and his family are devout members of the Islamic community.Mat Issa, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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The English-language feature follows the devout Christian’s resistance to the rise of the Third Reich, and eventual involvement in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 23 Nov. 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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Paxton, pious to the end, responds by talking about the Great Prayer Experiment, a (very real) series of studies that sought to test whether prayer has any tangible healing impact — and conclusively found there to be not.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Consistent with the religious theme of God as love, the Bible contains unending comfort from God and God’s agents not to be afraid.Walt Shelton, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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McGuigan’s cover of the religious standard, given a wide release earlier this month, has been used in a variety of ways on TikTok, from post-U.S.-election content to sports teams’ uploads and much more.Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024
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In Delia’s eyes, Peter is a saintly silver fox, whose fondness for baseball and the great outdoors is only eclipsed by his passion for philosophy and feminism.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Such saintly behavior aside, one part of Jack that was becoming less sanctified was his body.Dan Koeppel, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2019
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There is an incredible world-class collection that would seem like a holy grail, but underneath, a whole family portrait of pain is unboxed.Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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What to wear: Since this is a holy place of prayer, visitors who identify as women are expected to be in modest dress, including a head covering and loose-fitting garments that cover from the neck to the ankle.Jasmine Browley, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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At the center on one side was a life-size Virgin holding the Child, surrounded by 40 reverent haloed figures.Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
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Beethoven would hardly recognize our concert-going culture, in which people sit in reverent silence, then clap politely and go home.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
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To circumvent the crowd, Netflix has built its own network of screening spaces, including several of its own in-house theaters, along with the venerable Egyptian Theatre and Raleigh Studios, while Amazon Studios recently took over the former ArcLight in downtown Culver City.Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Here are five things to make the venerable institution, which has struggled with wokeness, recruitment, and declining standards, great again.Patrick Bobko, National Review, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Sainted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sainted. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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