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

Nothing could be whiter; nothing could be purer; nothing could be saintlier of aspect.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark

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 Johnston, Mary

A saintlier pastor than the Reverend Mr. Goodman, D.D., few congregations possessed; but only those members of his audience who were of like age with himself thought him a good preacher.

From Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia by Finnemore, Joseph

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