sainthood

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saint·hood /ˈseɪnthʊd/ noun [uncountable] RRCthe state of being a saint 圣徒的身份

Examples from the Corpus

sainthood• He who is proclaimed a saint need hardly believe in sainthood.• This only comes as a shock if we insist on seeing Theo in terms of sainthood.• She is trying to track down a piece of forgotten Toronto history: an effort to confer Protestant sainthood on Father Hobbes.• Church leaders had to choose between demanding visible sainthood or baptizing the children of those who did not meet standards.

saint·hood nounChineseSyllable

being of saint Corpus the a state

sainthood
saint‧hood /ˈseɪnthʊd/

noun [uncountable]
the state of being a saint