saintshipn.
/ˈseɪntˌʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈseɪntˌʃɪp/ 1. The condition or status of a canonized saint.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > condition of
sanctityc1394
sanctimony1541
sainthood1551
saintship1631
saintliness1838
saintdom1842
1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George 206 From thence to prove St. George's Saintship.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxii. 150 After his [sc. Dominic's] death, Pope Honorius for his good service bestowed a Saintship on him.
1700 H. Maundrell Let. in Journey to Jerusalem (1703) sig. T4 His body being found so entire would have entitled him to Saint-ship.
1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 35 Saint Dunstan,..whose Saintship consisted in pulling the unclean spirit by the nose.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. vii. 138 The veneration for Becket's memory, acknowledged by his elevation to the honour of saintship.
2. The condition of being a saint or saintly person; saintliness of life or character.
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society > morality > virtue > [noun] > moral excellence
goodwilleOE
goodnesseOE
thewnessc1200
goodlaikc1225
goodheadc1275
honestete1340
bountyc1386
goodliheada1393
prowessc1395
honestyc1400
goodliness1405
virtuosityc1443
virtuousnessc1449
virtueheada1456
good naturec1475
integrity1548
honestness1556
graciousness1591
saintship1613
gracefulness1619
saintliness1838
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virtu1906
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 328 These must be belieued for this Saint-ship, although they lie neuer so shamefully.
1676 J. Glanvill Ess. vii. 31 Each Sect confin'd the Church, Saintship, and Godliness to it self.
1733 A. Pope Of Use of Riches 18 The Dev'l was piqu'd, such saintship to behold.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. xi. 8 Whose..eyes..Might shake the saintship of an anchorite.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ii. 34 He had felt sure that her face would be mantled with the smile of conscious saintship.
1871 J. R. Lowell Pope in Wks. (1890) IV. 11 From the compulsory saintship..of the Puritans men rushed..to the opposite cant of sensuality.
3. With possessive pronoun prefixed, used as a kind of title. Often ironical.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > title of
saintship1606
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xv. xcviii. 389 Their Saintships are as capable thereof as sinfull men.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues: Two Last Dial. iv. xxvii. 151 Where he did his Devotions to his Saint~ship with prayer and fasting in most humble manner.
1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. i. 15 They pulled St. Giles out of his Throne..threw his Saintship into the Dirt.
1850 P. Crook War of Hats 8 Beside his saintship stands the holy nun, who broke her vows.
1893 A. Walters Lotos Eater vii. 149 I feel bound to throw what light I can upon his saint~ship's rather obscure personality.
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