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saintful

saintful adjective: characteristic of a saint or saintliness; saintly.

Adjective

saintful (comparative more saintful, superlative most saintful)

  1. Characteristic of a saint or saintliness; saintly
    • […] the squalid children at La Libertad not flocking to Father Villalba like in those movies about saintful priests Father Villalba asking them their names the children forming a line inventing funny names for themselves — […]2016, Mauro Cardenas, The Revolutionaries Try Again

Forms of saintful

comparativemore saintful
superlativemost saintful

Origin of saintful

From saint + -ful.

Questions about saintful

What does saintful mean?
Saintful means characteristic of a saint or saintliness; saintly.
What part of speech is saintful?
Saintful is an adjective.

Words near saintful in the dictionary

  1. saintess
  2. saintesses
  3. Saintfield
  4. saintfoin
  5. saintfoins
  6. saintful
  7. sainthead
  8. sainthood
  9. sainthoods
  10. Saintil
  11. Saintils

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