saintessn.
/ˈseɪntᵻs/, /seɪnˈtɛs/, U.S. /ˈseɪntəs/ A female saint.
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1449 in J. Nichols Illustr. Manners & Expences Antient Times Eng. 132 Y beseche al the glorious seyntes and seyntesses in heaven [etc.].
1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bv The moost blessyd company of sayntes & sayntesses.
1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe v. xxviii. §1 Saints are not our immediate intercessors, but some Saintesse may make immediate intercession.
1737 Gentleman's Mag. May 287/2 This Maid of Orleans, whom divers French Historians picture out as a Saintess.
1865 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) I. 334 I made a speech likening her to all the crowned saintesses in ecclesiastical history.
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