Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sainted"
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sainted \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sainted
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" [syn: {angelic}, {angelical}, {beatific}, {saintlike},
{saintly}]
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