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Definition of Saintlier
1. saintly [adj] - See also: saintly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saintlier
Literary usage of Saintlier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Note-books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler (1917)
"... I might have been enabled to put the evil thing from me for a time, how long
would this have been likely to last when I saw his face grow saintlier and ..."
2. The Note-books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler, Francis Hackett, Henry Festing Jones (1917)
"... I might have been enabled to put the evil thing from me for a time, how long
would this have been likely to last when I saw his face grow saintlier and ..."
3. The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith, Homer Baxter Sprague (1895)
"... but its chief charm is the effulgence of a soul greater, saintlier, more
Christlike still, an ideal friend of all mankind'—ideal, yet every line and ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
""Saintlier than any of the saints", writes Celano, "among sinners he was as one
of themselves". Writing to a certain minister in the order, Francis says: ..."
5. Table Talk: And Other Poems by William Cowper (1817)
"Which is the saintlier worthy of the two ? Past all dispute, 3'on anchorite say
you. Your sentence and mine differ. What's a name I say the bramin has the ..."
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