saintlikeadj.
Resembling a saint or that of a saint; of saintly life, character, etc.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] > like an angel or saint
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [adjective]
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c1580 tr. Bugbears iv. v, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 40 Who so Saintelike as she?
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 70 This Prince, as he was one of the stoutest, so was he the Saint-likest man of all the Dukes.
a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 113 That I, May Saint-like live, Saint-like to die!
1809 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. 75 The saintlike meekness and resignation of Lady Jane [Grey].
1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 32 And women smile with saintlike glances Like thine own mother's.
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