besaintedadj.
1. Canonized, credited with sanctity.
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canonizate?1548
incalendared1622
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besainteda1635
beatified1650
enskied1852
a1635 R. Corbet Poems (1807) 14 Their colledges were new be-painted, Their founders eke were new be-sainted.
1711 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus (ed. 3) i. 9 Most were of some Faults attainted, Whether bedevil'd or besainted.
2. Peopled with or haunted by saints.
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1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 299 Popular traditions in this most profusely be-sainted and be-spirited county.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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