saintship
Blessed one's standing
Saintship is the state or status of being a saint—either formally canonized by a church or informally recognized for exceptional virtue.
The term appears in religious contexts discussing candidates for sainthood and in figurative use about moral character: His saintship was questioned after the scandal.
Less common than sainthood, which carries the same meaning.
Declaring someone among blessed
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- papalof the pontiff
cause · congregation · decrees · rites · ceremony · blessed · testimony · witnesses
Sincere religious devotion
- purityUncontaminated quality
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
blessedness · godliness · reverence · grace · hallowedness · consecration · devotion · faithfulness
Concern for others' distress
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
generosity · humility · patience · temperance · chastity · purity · fortitude · prudence
Giving up something precious
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- witnessOne who attests
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
faith · execution · torture · endurance · heroism · redemption · immolation · asceticism
beatification
Declaring someone among blessed
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
papal · cause · congregation · decrees · rites · ceremony · blessed · testimony · witnesses · ecclesiastical
piety
Sincere religious devotion
- purityUncontaminated quality
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
spirituality · blessedness · godliness · reverence · grace · hallowedness · consecration · devotion · faithfulness · divinity
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
kindness · generosity · humility · patience · temperance · chastity · purity · fortitude · prudence · faith
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- witnessOne who attests
testimony · faith · execution · torture · endurance · heroism · redemption · immolation · asceticism · glorification
saintshipwickedness
Moral corruption or evil
evilness · sinfulness · depravity · vileness · heinousness
saintshipungodliness
Lack of religious devotion
godlessness · unholiness · impiety · damnation · irreverence
saintshiphypocrisy
Pretense of virtue
sanctimoniousness · sanctimony · cant · pietism · religiosity
sanction, saint, sanctity, sacrament, sanctify, sanctions, sanctioned, sanctified, sanctioning