sanctitude
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of sanctitude
1400–50; late Middle English sanctitud < Latin sānctitūdō, equivalent to sāncti-, combining form of sānctus ( see Sanctus + -tūdō -tude
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Each new suit is a chance at creation, of moving toward sanctitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
This rare tablet doth include Poverty with sanctitude.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb
Their physical delineation is to be accommodated by the imagination of the reader to this long catalogue of moral qualities,--nobility, honour, majesty, lordliness, worth, divinity, glory, brightness, truth, wisdom, sanctitude, severity, and purity.
From Milton by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
She had the promise from the saints that her line had a great destiny, and the form of it she took to be sanctitude.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
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