decedent vs sainted

decedent

adj
  • Removing; departing; deceased. 

noun
  • A dead person. 

sainted

adj
  • Used to mark a beloved person mentioned in conversation as being deceased. 

  • Pious, saintly. 

  • Much admired. 

  • Made a saint; saint-like, reverenced. 

How often have the words decedent and sainted occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )