as in pious
showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue
a saintly man who devoted his life to caring for the dying
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Recent Examples of saintly
The priest at the church, which had been sanctified by the recent arrival of some saintly relics from Rome, tried talking to the demon living in the girl’s body.
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Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
The visit of the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas is also a reminder of the great gift of his saintly scholarship.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
The nature of partisan politics guarantees that flawed political candidates will be transmuted by their champions into saintly men of destiny.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 2 Dec. 2024
There was way too much of the saintly Taylor — she’s-going-to-save-every-one-of-us — Swift.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
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Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
The visit of the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas is also a reminder of the great gift of his saintly scholarship.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
The nature of partisan politics guarantees that flawed political candidates will be transmuted by their champions into saintly men of destiny.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 2 Dec. 2024
There was way too much of the saintly Taylor — she’s-going-to-save-every-one-of-us — Swift.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saintly
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The grieving sisters try to uncover the truth about what happened to Grace, and increasingly suspect Roger’s pious, overbearing sister Angelica (Fiona Shaw) of wrongdoing — but turn out to be (mostly) wrong about her intentions.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Nazanin goes through the same preparations as Salme, who has turned supremely pious in the intervening years, and Zari, who has grown more level-headed, not to say jaded.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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The pontiff is resting, the Vatican's press office said publicly on Wednesday morning, in one of its twice-daily updates that have drawn the close attention of devout Catholics worldwide.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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Fields, on the other hand, seems to be actively encouraging the love between Irving and Burt’s innies to blossom, due to his devout religious beliefs, which frame innies as separate entities with their own souls.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Take time to renew your spiritual or religious beliefs.—
Georgia Nicols,
The Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2025
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Accommodations for religious observances, like Ramadan, have been impacted as well.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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The shorts, led by some wayward sell-side analysts, didn’t realize that Noto is turning this into one of the sainted fintechs out there, like a Block (formerly Square) or a PayPal or an Affirm .—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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The newest member of the new-look Red Sox is an aggressive, fireplug of a player, which is why Cora keeps comparing him to the sainted Dustin Pedroia.—
Steve Buckley,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by Israeli forces.—
Julia Frankel,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, is a holy month of fasting.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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Inherent in writing is a reverent mystique, untapped by AI’s predictive interpretation.—
Elizabeth Brown,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Sixteen The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, October 26 Part of Miller Theatre’s early-music series, the English vocal ensemble performs reverent music old and recent by William Byrd and Arvo Pärt.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2024
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“Saintly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saintly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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