saintship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saintship
Example Sentences
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Some people would be content to attribute the frequentness of saintship among the Irish and the Highlanders to the opportunities enjoyed by them in consequence of the early Church having found a refuge in Ireland.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton
He had resorted to "ignoble shifts to seem holy, and to get a saintship among the ignorant and wretched people."
From Books Condemned to be Burnt by James Anson Farrer
At a given moment, he dropped his saintship and appeared as a Christian and the owner of a part of the island of Lanai.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Roman Church, in its sagacity, defers consideration of saintship until long after the decease of the candidates for canonisation.
From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Arthur Warren
If the virtues of omission constitute saintship, and from a study of the calendar one might so conclude, seek your corona by the way of justice.
From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Charles Major
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