noun
Meaning 1
The state of being a saint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sainthood
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Saints collectively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the status and dignity of a saint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
noun
Meaning 4
saints collectively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group, grouping
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English saint Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English sainthood From saint + -hood.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: святост (svjatost) — state of being a saint
- Catalan: santedat — state of being a saint
- Dutch: heiligheid — state of being a saint
- Finnish: pyhimyksenä oleminen — state of being a saint
- French: sainteté — state of being a saint
- Galician: santidade — state of being a saint
- Kazakh: әулиелік (äulielık) — state of being a saint
- Polish: świętość — state of being a saint
- Romanian: sfințenie — state of being a saint
- Romanian: caracter sfânt — state of being a saint
- Russian: свя́тость (svjátostʹ) — state of being a saint
- Serbo-Croatian: svetost — state of being a saint
- Spanish: santidad — state of being a saint