Sained vs Sainted - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between sained and sainted

is that sained is (sain) while sainted is (saint).

of or pertaining to a saint; saint-like, reverenced.

(head)

(sain)

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(en verb)

(archaic) To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.

To make the sign of the cross.

(archaic) To bless, to keep from evil influence.

1983 , Robert Nye, The Facts of Life :

The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay.

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(head)

(saint)

(en adjective)

Of or pertaining to a saint; saint-like, reverenced.

Pope John Paul II, of sainted memory, is a candidate for beatification.

(Used to mark a beloved person mentioned in conversation as being deceased).

My sainted mother never had an evening dress.

* (pertaining to a saint) blessed, holy * (of a deceased person) of blessed memory, late, late lamented