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Another word for saintly

Adjective

  1. Deeply concerned with God and the beliefs and practice of religion

    2. See also:

    religion

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Sentence Examples

  • It's when my thoughts wander to that saintly man.

  • Again, Pascal, unlike most apologists, belongs to the small company of saintly souls.

  • Its dedication recalls the transportation of the body of the saintly bishop of Lindisfarne from its shrine at Durham by the monks of that foundation to Lindisfarne, when in fear of attack from William the Conqueror.

  • The regular clergy were if possible worse than the secular, with the exception of the Paulicians, the sole religious order which steadily resisted the general corruption, of whose abbot, the saintly Gregory, was the personal friend of Matthias.

  • The heroes of the romance have even attained saintly rank.

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