besaintv.
/bɪˈseɪnt/ 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 lemmas
besaint
Π
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. v. 139 Besanctified as you are.
<
v.a1603as lemmas
- jewel-toned
- jewelbright
- jewelcoloured
- jewelcutter
- jewelcutting
- jeweldarling
- jeweled
- jewelencrusted
- jeweler
- jewelers
- jewelers shop
- jewelfish
- jewelfishes
- jeweling
- jewelled
- jeweller
- jeweller's file
- jeweller's forceps
- jeweller's gold
- jeweller's loupe
- jeweller's putty
- jeweller's rouge
- jewelleries
- jewellers
- jewellers shop