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saintism

saintism noun: the character or quality of saints.

Noun

saintism (uncountable)

  1. The character or quality of saints.
  2. Hypocritical pretence of holiness; sanctimoniousness.
    • canting puritanism and saintism1691, [Anthony Wood], Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford from the Fifteenth Year of...

saintism meaning in Tamil

saintism in Tamil

திருத்தொண்டர் இயல்பு, புனிதர் பண்பு, புனிதர் போன்ற நடிப்பு

Origin of saintism

From saint + -ism.

Questions about saintism

What does saintism mean?
Saintism means the character or quality of saints.
What is saintism in Tamil?
Saintism in Tamil is திருத்தொண்டர் இயல்பு, புனிதர் பண்பு, புனிதர் போன்ற நடிப்பு. See Saintism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is saintism?
Saintism is a noun.

Words near saintism in the dictionary

  1. Saintil
  2. Saintils
  3. sainting
  4. saintish
  5. saintishly
  6. saintism
  7. saintless
  8. saintlessness
  9. saintlier
  10. saintliest
  11. saintlihood

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saintism (page history and authors); saintism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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