The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.
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The order, or united body, of saints; saints, considered collectively. "It was supposed he felt no call to any expedition that might endanger the reign of the military sainthood."
... come from the dominance of spiritual passion, even though it be not the first thing on which spiritual passion is set; the saint will be—just because he is a saint—a philanthropist too, since a true sainthood must number love among the graces of character it brings. It is a fact—one has to make the sad admission—that religious people, professedly spiritual men and women, have been and still are in some cases ... — The Church and Modern Life • Washington Gladden
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