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Definition of Saintly
1. Adjective. Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint. "My sainted mother"
Similar to: Good
Derivative terms: Angel, Saint, Saint, Saintliness
Definition of Saintly
1. a. Like a saint; becoming a holy person.
Definition of Saintly
1. Adjective. holy, characteristic of a saint ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saintly
1. of or befitting a saint [adj -LIER, -LIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saintly
Literary usage of Saintly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1902)
"I have now said all that I can usefully say about the several fruits of religion
as they are manifested in saintly lives, so I will make a brief review and ..."
2. The Varieties of religious experience: A Study in Human Nature; Being the by William James (1902)
"I have now said all that I can usefully say about the several fruits of religion
as they are manifested in saintly lives, so I will make a brief review and ..."
3. The Eight Chapters of Maimonides on Ethics (Shemonah Perakim): A by Moses Maimonides, Shmuel Ibn Tibbon, Joseph Isaac Gorfinkle (1912)
"The saintly man, however, is guided in his actions by that to which his inclination
and disposition prompt him, in consequence of which he acts morally from ..."
4. The Women of Mormonism; Or, The Story of Polygamy as Told by the Victims by Jennie Anderson Froiseth (1882)
"In a settlement not many miles from Salt Lake C'it}-, lives a bishop, who was
the saintly husband of two wives; but being desirous of still higher celestial ..."
5. Woman, Her Position, Influence, and Achievement Throughout the Civilized by William C. King (1900)
"THE saintly PRINCESS. LIZABETH of Hungary, daughter of Andreas II;, king of Hungary,
... Great misfortunes soon befell the saintly Elizabeth. ..."
6. Woman; Her Position, Influence, and Achievement Throughout the Civilized by William C. King (1900)
"THE saintly PRINCESS. I.IZABETH of Hungary, daughter of Andreas II., king of
Hungary, was born at Presburg in 1207. At the age of four she was affianced to ..."
7. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"As parish priest and as Dean of St. Paul's he displayed the character of an
English priest—learned, judicious, tolerant, saintly —in its most beautiful ..."
8. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1902)
"I have now said all that I can usefully say about the several fruits of religion
as they are manifested in saintly lives, so I will make a brief review and ..."
9. The Varieties of religious experience: A Study in Human Nature; Being the by William James (1902)
"I have now said all that I can usefully say about the several fruits of religion
as they are manifested in saintly lives, so I will make a brief review and ..."
10. The Eight Chapters of Maimonides on Ethics (Shemonah Perakim): A by Moses Maimonides, Shmuel Ibn Tibbon, Joseph Isaac Gorfinkle (1912)
"The saintly man, however, is guided in his actions by that to which his inclination
and disposition prompt him, in consequence of which he acts morally from ..."
11. The Women of Mormonism; Or, The Story of Polygamy as Told by the Victims by Jennie Anderson Froiseth (1882)
"In a settlement not many miles from Salt Lake C'it}-, lives a bishop, who was
the saintly husband of two wives; but being desirous of still higher celestial ..."
12. Woman, Her Position, Influence, and Achievement Throughout the Civilized by William C. King (1900)
"THE saintly PRINCESS. LIZABETH of Hungary, daughter of Andreas II;, king of Hungary,
... Great misfortunes soon befell the saintly Elizabeth. ..."
13. Woman; Her Position, Influence, and Achievement Throughout the Civilized by William C. King (1900)
"THE saintly PRINCESS. I.IZABETH of Hungary, daughter of Andreas II., king of
Hungary, was born at Presburg in 1207. At the age of four she was affianced to ..."
14. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"As parish priest and as Dean of St. Paul's he displayed the character of an
English priest—learned, judicious, tolerant, saintly —in its most beautiful ..."
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