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单词 saintliness
释义
saintliness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈseɪnt.li.nəs/us
/ˈseɪnt.li.nəs/
thequalityof being like asaint:
MotherTeresa was the veryembodimentof saintliness.
There was a saintliness about hisworkanditsexpression.
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saint
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  • It was acrucialtimeinourhistory, when weneededhis saintliness.
  • Saintliness isseenas thegoodness,wisdomandcouragetobehaverighteously.
  • Whatdrewme to Max in the firstinstancewas his saintliness.
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(Definition ofsaintlinessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsaintliness

saintliness
The aura of hissaintlinessappealed to much deeper spiritual and religious needs of salvation.
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Religious individuals may display an impressive piety,saintliness, tolerance, understanding; they may also display bigotry, self-satisfaction and a terrible retributive appetite.
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They wallowed in subscience and sermons; the adolescent veered from evil tosaintliness, without enough good, rational, explorable territory in between.
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While teleological behaviorists and the parents of the saved child may respectively see a good habit andsaintlinessat work, the woman's own family may feel rather differently.
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I mention that point only to dispel any idea that anybody here, and least of all myself, would wish to claim any degree ofsaintliness.
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Does he agree that they needsaintlinessless than a touch of arithmetic?
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There is a bit of the bawd in every saint, and a bit ofsaintlinessin the bawdiest.
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Moreover,saintlinessshould demand candour.
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Judass dialogue reveals him to be of the human condition; he has the capacity forsaintlinessand wickedness.
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He hated or shunned all display ofsaintliness...
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He was widely known for his learning andsaintliness.
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Saintlinesswas reflected from his face from his early childhood.
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Cobbs was industrious to a fault and acquired a reputation forsaintliness.
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Later he won over great and universally recognized rabbinic authorities who became his disciples and attested to both his scholarship andsaintliness.
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He idealizes, to begin with, his particular solution of his basic conflict: compliance becomes goodness, love,saintliness; aggressiveness becomes strength, leadership, heroism, omnipotence; aloofness becomes wisdom, self-sufficiency, independence.
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