odour of sanctity
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of odour of sanctity
C18: originally, the sweet smell said to be exhaled by the bodies of dead saints
Example Sentences
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He Died full of years in the odour of sanctity.
From Wayside Weeds by Ellis, William Hodgson
He died in the odour of sanctity after being favoured with the gift of prophecy.
From A Calendar of Scottish Saints by Barrett, Michael
St. Erkenwald departed at last in the odour of sanctity at his sister's convent at Barking.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
Indeed, they have imparted such an air of gravity, and such an odour of sanctity, to the establishment as must have had a steadying effect on their less sombre companions.
From Mushrooms on the Moor by Boreham, Frank
The man who purges the Black House of the fiend, so please you, my Lord," said Dauntrees, "should possess more odour of sanctity than I doubt will be found under our soldier's jerkins.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.
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