saintly life
Virtuous, devout living
A saintly life is one marked by exceptional virtue, devotion, and moral purity—the kind of existence associated with saints or those aspiring to holiness.
The phrase often implies self-sacrifice, compassion, and spiritual discipline: She dedicated herself to a saintly life of service to the poor.
Sometimes used with gentle irony about someone's conspicuous righteousness.
- martyrsThose killed for convictions
- humilityFreedom from arrogance
- prayerAddress to deity
- daily devotionRoutine religious observance
- meditationFocused attention practice
mystics · ascetics · holiness · fasting · compassion · sanctification · pure heart · moral perfection · grace · self-control · vow of poverty · simple living · visionaries · forgiveness · patience · almsgiving · transcendence · inner peace
- Sufismtariqa, fana, sufi, Sufism, dervish
- asceticismabstinence, celibacy, ascetic, austerities, chastity