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saint-simonianism |
saint-simonism |
saintdom |
sainted |
saintess |
sainthood
| saintish
| saintism
| saintlike
| saintliness
| saintly
sainthood
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sainthood has 2 senses
- sainthood(n = noun.group) - saints collectively; is a kind of group, grouping
- sainthood(n = noun.act) - the status and dignity of a saint; is a kind of berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot
Derived forms noun saint2, noun saint1
Derived forms noun saint3, noun saint2, noun saint1
CIDE DICTIONARY
sainthood, n.
- The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint. Walpole. [1913 Webster]
- The order, or united body, of saints; saints, considered collectively. [1913 Webster]"It was supposed he felt no call to any expedition that might endanger the reign of the military sainthood." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
sainthood
Christianity, Christlikeness, Christliness, angelicalness, beatification, beatitude, beauty of holiness, blessedness, blessing, canonization, consecration, dedication, devotion, enshrinement, exaltation, fear of God, glorification, godlikeness, godliness, godly-mindedness, goodness, grace, hallowing, heavenliness, heavenly-mindedness, holiness, holy-mindedness, justification, justification by works, odor of sanctity, otherworldliness, pureness, pureness of heart, purification, purity, righteousness, sainting, saintlikeness, saintliness, saintship, sanctification, sanctitude, sanctity, seraphicalness, setting apart, spiritual-mindedness, spirituality, state of grace, unearthliness, unworldliness
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