Saintly - English meaning

adjective

Innocent of wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

He led a blameless life

adjective

Not responsible for anything bad

Usage examples:

In this situation, no one is completely blameless.

adjective

Made holy; consecrated.

Usage examples:

The blessed sacrament

verb

Pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask god to look favourably on.

Usage examples:

He blessed the dying man and anointed him

plural noun

Those who live with god in heaven.

adjective

Having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment.

Usage examples:

She was a devout catholic

adjective

Believing strongly in a religion and obeying all the rules or principles of that religion

Usage examples:

A devout christian/jew/muslim, a devoutly religious family

adjective

Relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.

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Ethical issues in nursing

adjective

Morally right

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Ethical behaviour/conduct the awards recognize companies, individuals, and nonprofit organizations …

adjective

Very religious and trying to live in the way you believe god would wish you to

adjective

Devoutly religious; pious.

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How to live the godly life

adjective

Obeying and respecting god

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A godly woman

adjective

To be desired or approved of.

Usage examples:

It's good that he's back to his old self

noun

That which is morally right; righteousness.

Usage examples:

A mysterious balance of good and evil

adverb

Well.

Usage examples:

My mother could never cook this good

adjective

Having no guilt; innocent.

Usage examples:

People are forever criticizing the service, and i am not myself guiltless in this

adjective

Not responsible for doing something wrong or committing a crime

adjective

Dedicated or consecrated to god or a religious purpose; sacred.

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The holy bible

adjective

Considered to be pure or good because of being related to what a religion values

Usage examples:

Holy scriptures, jerusalem is a holy city to christians, muslims, and jews., my nephew is a holy te…

adjective

Not guilty of a crime or offence.

Usage examples:

The prisoners were later found innocent

noun

A pure, guileless, or naive person.

Usage examples:

A young innocent abroad

adjective

(of a person) not guilty of a particular crime

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Innocent of he firmly believes that she is innocent of the crime.

adjective

Beyond criticism; faultless.

Usage examples:

His private life was irreproachable

adjective

Without fault and therefore impossible to criticize

Usage examples:

Her conduct throughout was irreproachable.

adjective

Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour.

Usage examples:

The moral dimensions of medical intervention

noun

A lesson that can be derived from a story or experience.

Usage examples:

The moral of this story was that one must see the beauty in what one has

adjective

Relating to standards of good behavior, honesty, and fair dealing, or showing high standards of this type

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A highly moral man, it’s her moral obligation to tell the police what she knows., the moral of the …

adjective

Devoutly religious.

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A deeply pious woman

adjective

Strongly believing in god or a particular religion, and living in a way that shows this belief

adjective

Characterized by or expressive of prayer.

Usage examples:

The church has a prayerful atmosphere

adjective

Saying prayers or involving prayers

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He combines a brilliant mind, a prayerful life, and great political wisdom., they described the thr…

adjective

Relating to or believing in a religion.

Usage examples:

Both men were deeply religious and moralistic

noun

A person bound by monastic vows.

Usage examples:

It was not, one would think, the normal one of a religious with a church.

adjective

Of, relating to, or involved with religion, or living and worshiping according to the beliefs of a particular religion

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A religious holiday, he is deeply religious.

adjective

Morally right or justifiable.

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Feelings of righteous indignation about pay and conditions

adjective

Free from sin.

Usage examples:

The sinless life of christ

adjective

Without or free from sin (= the breaking of a religious or moral law)

Usage examples:

Nobody has lived an absolutely sinless life., if people were perfectly sinless, there would be no n…

adjective

Relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.

Usage examples:

I'm responsible for his spiritual welfare

noun

A religious song of a kind associated with black christians of the southern us, and thought to derive from the combination of european hymns and african musical elements by black slaves.

Usage examples:

The cwmbach male voice choir entertained with a traditional repertoire of welsh hymns, spirituals a…

noun

A kind of religious song, originally developed by african-americans

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Religion focuses on the spiritual side of life., he’s the group’s spiritual leader., researchers ar…

adjective

Unmarked by or resistant to stains or discoloration.

Usage examples:

Stainless surfaces can never mellow with use

adjective

With no marks on it, or made of a substance that is not damaged by air or water and that does not change colour

Usage examples:

Stainless work surfaces, he was a man of stainless character.

adjective

(of a person) having little awareness of the practicalities of life; unmotivated by material considerations.

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A pedantic, unworldly boffin

adjective

Not practical, or without a lot of experience of life

Usage examples:

There was something slightly unworldly about him., we observe her transformation from a naive, unwo…

adjective

Having or showing high moral standards.

Usage examples:

She considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked

adjective

Possessing good moral qualities

Usage examples:

I’ve been up working since six o’clock this morning so i’m feeling very virtuous.