sainting

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sainting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Saint \Saint\ (s[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sainted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Sainting.]
     To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical
     act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or
     reputation of a saint to (some one).
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           A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been
           beatified, though never sainted.         --Addison.
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     To saint it, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety.
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              Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. --Pope.
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