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sainting |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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). A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been beatified, though never sainted. --Addison. {To saint it}, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety. Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it --Pope.
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