saintlier
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They care about telling themselves that their profession is saintlier than it is, and they’re superior to the reformed liar who wants to work with them.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2014
The modern woman of the advanced type refuses to be longer regarded as a gentler and saintlier type of humanity, who must be petted, reverenced, and protected.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various
He doesn't mind making people unhappy, because the more they're repressed, the saintlier they'll be.
From Saint's Progress by John Galsworthy
Yea, verily am I! a follower of the saintly Ludovick Muggleton, and of the saintlier John Reeve, of whom Ludovick is but the mouthpiece, even as Aaron was of Moses.
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, but often saintlier than fiction.
From The New Jerusalem by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
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