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saint
  1. A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
  3. One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.
  4. One of the blessed in heaven.
  5. (archaic) A holy object.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “The saint and the leper embrace and the leper is miraculously healed, but the real miracle is the love that makes healing and transformation possible.”
saintism
  1. The character or quality of saints.
  2. Hypocritical pretence of holiness.
sainthood
  1. the state of being a saint
  2. saints collectively
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The church is a living monument to the ideals of a man who is set to get sainthood.”
      “Mother Teresa is on her way to sainthood, having been beatified by the Pope in a two-hour ceremony in Rome.”
      “On his way to Damascus, Maritain was knocked off his despairing pretensions and turned toward sainthood.”
saintlihood
  1. The quality, state, or condition of being saintly; saintliness
saintling
saintlyness
  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of saintliness
saintship
  1. The characteristics and position of a saint.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The four roads to Iddhi are the four bases of saintship by which it is obtained.”
      “He did not relish a form of martyrdom that came with his saintship, either.”
      “The chronicle of his life is by no means trustworthy, but that is essential neither to popularity nor saintship.”
saintliness
  1. The property of being saintly.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Suffering does not necessarily confer saintliness or rectitude.”
      “Now, it was not for me to question her purity, but I had certain doubts about her saintliness.”
      “My new sisters were truly beautiful in their black khimar, and a light akin to saintliness shone from their faces.”
saintess
saintdom
  1. sainthood
  2. Examples:
    1. “The tradition of creating shrines using pieces of previous popes dates back to medieval times. John XXIII is on his way to saintdom and may be canonized soon.”
      “The Society of King Charles the Martyr was founded in London in 1894. Since that time it has worked to promote the cause of King Charles's martyrdom and saintdom.”
sainthead
  1. (dated) sainthood
saintlinesses
sainthoods
saintlings
  1. plural of saintling
saintships
saintdoms
  1. plural of saintdom
saintesses
  1. plural of saintess
saints
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