saintism
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
saintism (uncountable)
- The character or quality of saints.
- Hypocritical pretence of holiness; sanctimoniousness.
- 1691, [Anthony Wood], Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford from the Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh, Dom. 1500, to the End of the Year 1690. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Tho[mas] Bennet […]:
- canting puritanism and saintism
References edit
“saintism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.