saintship
[ seynt-ship ]
noun
the qualities or status of a saint.
Origin of saintship
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How to use saintship in a sentence
He was a member of the Sadhu sect, a "candidate for saintship," to use the expression of one of our party.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyThe four roads to Iddhi are the four bases of saintship by which it is obtained.
The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe | Ernest YoungHe had resorted to "ignoble shifts to seem holy, and to get a saintship among the ignorant and wretched people."
Books Condemned to be Burnt | James Anson FarrerUnhappily for him there is another arbiter of saintship, Who sees deeper than do you, Gervasio.
The Strolling Saint | Raphael SabatiniAt a given moment, he dropped his saintship and appeared as a Christian and the owner of a part of the island of Lanai.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
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