The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sainting
Saint \Saint\ (s[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sainting.] To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one).
A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been
beatified, though never sainted.
--Addison.
To saint it, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety.
Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it.
--Pope.
Wiktionary
sainting
vb. (present participle of saint English)