Saintful
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 — […]"
Example
More examples"[…] 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 — […]"
Etymology
From saint + -ful.
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