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Canonization :: Canonization (n.) The state of being canonized or sainted.

Saint-simonian :: Saint-Simonian (n.) A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist..

Elmo''s Fire :: Elmo's fire () See Corposant; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under Saint..

Avowry :: Avowry (n.) An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.

Saint :: Saint (v. t.) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one)..

Sanctimonious :: Sanctimonious (a.) Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.

Hagiologist :: Hagiologist (n.) One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.

Saint :: Saint (v. i.) To act or live as a saint.

Latria :: Latria (n.) The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints..

Feretory :: Feretory (n.) A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints..

Allhallowmas :: Allhallowmas (n.) The feast of All Saints.

Posture :: Posture (v. i.) Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint..

Hagiology :: Hagiology (n.) The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.

Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..

Shrine :: Shrine (n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint..

Patron :: Patron (n.) A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.

Saintly :: Saintly (superl.) Like a saint; becoming a holy person.

Nimbus :: Nimbus (n.) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5..

Saintologist :: Saintologist (n.) One who writes the lives of saints.

Saintdom :: Saintdom (n.) The state or character of a saint.

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