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SAINTLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of resembling a saint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("saintliness" is a kind of...):
good; goodness (moral excellence or admirableness)
Derivation:
saintly (marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint)