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 in the odour of sanctity after being favoured with the gift of prophecy.
From A Calendar of Scottish Saints by Michael Barrett
Saint Vallier sees everything couleur de rose, and detects the odour of sanctity everywhere.
From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur
The most distinguished individuals in the land attended upon them with the utmost humility; and Robert, King of France, used to wash and kiss their filthy feet to keep himself in odour of sanctity.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
To return from this long similitude to Bertrand de Born: he concluded his stormy career in a manner very characteristic of the times; for he turned monk, and died in the odour of sanctity.
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
His story thus ended, Springinsfeld is taken home by Simplicissimus to his farm, where he dies in the odour of sanctity.
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen
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