saintliness
saintliness noun: the property of being saintly.
Noun
saintliness (countable and uncountable, plural saintlinesses)
- The property of being saintly.
- [H]e was led away to a private sanitarium for mental disease, while in the newspapers appeared pathetic accounts of his mental breakdown and of the saintliness of his character.1908 February 19, Jack London, “The Bishop”, in The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 188
- Synonyms:
- angelicalness, godliness, saintlikeness, virtuousness, angelicality, angelicity, angelicness, decency, honesty, honor
saintliness meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
saintliness in Tamil
- புனிதருக்குரிய பண்பு, புனிதத்தன்மை, அகத்தூய்மை, பழியின்மை, வாழ்க்கைத்தூய்மை
saintliness in Malayalam
- വിശുദ്ധി, ദിവ്യത്വം
Synonyms of saintliness
- angelicalness
- godliness
- saintlikeness
- virtuousness
- angelicality
- angelicity
- angelicness
- decency
- honor
- integrity
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Forms of saintliness
| plural | saintlinesses |
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Origin of saintliness
From saintly + -ness.
Questions about saintliness
- What does saintliness mean?
- Saintliness means the property of being saintly.
- What is saintliness in Tamil?
- Saintliness in Tamil is புனிதருக்குரிய பண்பு, புனிதத்தன்மை, அகத்தூய்மை. See Saintliness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is saintliness?
- Saintliness is a noun.
- What is the plural of saintliness?
- The plural of saintliness is saintlinesses.
Words near saintliness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: saintliness (page history and authors); saintliness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); saintliness (Malayalam 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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