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  • past tense form of saint.
  • past participle of saint.
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sainted

[sayn-tid] / ˈseɪn tɪd /






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Cheering would have been the sainted Leon Panetta, former congressman, defense secretary and CIA chief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

Every few years, Americans across the country are beleaguered with a Herculean task usually reserved for the sainted: They must think about Canada.

From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2025

This she did share with Queen Victoria, who held séances, yearning for a little chat with her beloved ectoplasmic late husband, the sainted Prince Albert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024

Even the sainted John McCain and Ronald Reagan failed in their first attempts.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024

“I don’t want to hear her sainted name cross your decadent lips.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole


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