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saintship

saintship noun: the characteristics and position of a saint.

Noun

saintship (countable and uncountable, plural saintships)

  1. The characteristics and position of a saint.
    • Now, what of saintship or martyrdom is there in all this?1897, Moses Coit Tyler, Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783, Volume 1

Forms of saintship

pluralsaintships

Origin of saintship

From saint + -ship.

Questions about saintship

What does saintship mean?
Saintship means the characteristics and position of a saint.
What part of speech is saintship?
Saintship is a noun.
What is the plural of saintship?
The plural of saintship is saintships.

Words near saintship in the dictionary

  1. saints' bell
  2. saints' bells
  3. saints' days
  4. Saintsbury
  5. Saintsburys
  6. saintship
  7. saintships
  8. Saintvil
  9. Saintvils
  10. sainty
  11. Sainvil

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