单词 | saintship |
释义 | saintshipn. 1. The condition or status of a canonized saint. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 te1895 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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