Sainthood

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sainthood \Saint"hood\, n.
     1. The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.
        --Walpole.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.                            --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sainthood
       n 1: saints collectively
       2: the status and dignity of a saint

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "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