saintly in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for saintly in the English»Italian Dictionary

saintly [Brit ˈseɪntli, Am ˈseɪntli] ADJ

saintly person, manner

pio

saintly virtue, quality, expression

da santo

Translations for saintly in the Italian»English Dictionary

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è un sant'uomo

he's a saintly man

saintly in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for saintly in the English»Italian Dictionary

saintly [ˈseɪnt·li] ADJ

saintly

pio, -a

saintly life

esemplare

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The mendacity that now pollutes the politics of this nation provokes a degree of understandable cynicism that makes trust an almost saintly virtue.

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He was included in the martyrologies, which implies he was considered, at least by some, to be a man of saintly character.

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Inscribed on the "nishidhigal" were epitaphs that immortalized and described the scholarly and saintly achievements of the desceased one, man or woman.

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The most southerly window on in this wall offers an incomplete and disordered inventory of the saintly figures depicted in the windows along this wall.

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Even as reverence for the pious and the saintly is regarded desirable, parasitism is forbidden in gurmat.

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Burials within the urban precincts mark another stage in dissolution of traditional urbanistic discipline, overpowered by the attraction of saintly shrines and relics.

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He was always acclaimed a holy and saintly priest and lover of all who possessed the real missionary spirit.

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The saintly bishop devoted himself with great zeal to his pastoral duty.

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Behind them can be seen a magnificent scene of clouds, with an opening of blue sky that emphasises their saintly halo.

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Whilst certainly not a prig, he could not with justice have been placed in the saintly category.

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