enskyv.
/ɛnˈskʌɪ/ transitive. To place in the sky or in heaven: passive only.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. iv. 33 I hold you as a thing en-skied, and sainted. View more context for this quotation
a1763 W. Shenstone Odes in Wks. (1765) I. 255 Thou seem'st chang'd; all sainted, all ensky'd.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. iv. 15 Of seraphim he who is most ensky'd.
1858 C. Patmore Betrothal xi, in Angel in House (ed. 2) I. 136 This truth 's a star, Too deep-enskied for all to see.
Derivatives
enˈskied adj.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > canonization > [adjective]
canonized1382
canonizate?1548
incalendared1622
sainted1631
besainteda1635
beatified1650
enskied1852
1852 A. Jameson Legends Madonna 118 The most majestic of the enthroned and enskied Madonnas.
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