sainted

Verb

• hold sacred
• declare (a dead person) to be a saint
• simple past and past participle of saint

Adjective Satellite

• marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
  • "my sainted mother"

Adj

• Made a saint; saint-like, reverenced.
• Used to mark a beloved person mentioned in conversation as being deceased.
• Pious, saintly.
• Much admired.

Examples

• My sainted mother never had an evening dress.
• Pope John Paul II, of sainted memory, is a candidate for beatification.

Synonyms

angelic, angelical, beatific, canonise, canonize, enshrine, saint, saintlike, saintly, blessed, holy, late, late lamented, of blessed memory

Anagrams of sainted