单词 | besaint |
释义 | besaintv. transitive. To make a saint of, canonize. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > canonization > perform canonization [verb (transitive)] canonizec1380 sanctify1390 saint1487 to shrine (a person) for a saint1530 portess1570 rubricate1570 holy1578 calendar1597 beheaven1601 besainta1603 templify1615 beatify1629 beatificate1636 a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 658 Thomas Aquinas, whom they haue besainted unto the ninth degree. 1647 J. Hall Poems i. 3 If you..besaint Old Jesabel for shewing how to paint. 1680 Refl. Libel on Curse-ye-Meroz 35 Another sort of People would have almost canoniz'd and besainted the Preacher. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). > as lemmasbesaint Π 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. v. 139 Besanctified as you are. < v.a1603 as lemmas |
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