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sainted

 adjective
     
Related topics: Christianity
saint‧ed literary
1RRC having been made a saint by the Christian church
2 old-fashioned used when talking about a dead person:
my sainted mother, God rest her soul
3

my sainted aunt!

British English old-fashioned used to express surprise or shock
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