saintful

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From saint +‎ -ful.

Adjective[edit]

saintful (comparative more saintful, superlative most saintful)

  1. Characteristic of a saint or saintliness; saintly
    • 2016, Mauro Cardenas, The Revolutionaries Try Again:
      [] the squalid children at La Libertad not flocking to Father Villalba like in those movies about saintful priests Father Villalba asking them their names the children forming a line inventing funny names for themselves — []

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