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
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I daresay he expected to settled down and die in the odour of sanctity, surrounded by his ill-gotten gains.
From The Pagan's Cup by Fergus Hume
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 John P. Kennedy
He died in the odour of sanctity after being favoured with the gift of prophecy.
From A Calendar of Scottish Saints by Michael Barrett
St. Christina died in the odour of sanctity about the year 1085.
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
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