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Anthony's Fire :: Anthony's Fire () See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint..

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

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..

Perseverance :: Perseverance (n.) Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism..

Stylo- :: Stylite (n.) One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint..

Hagiographer :: Hagiographer (n.) One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.

Sainthood :: Sainthood (n.) The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.

Eye-saint :: Eye-saint (n.) An object of interest to the eye; one worshiped with the eyes.

Kyrie Eleison :: Kyrie eleison () Greek words, meaning Lord, have mercy upon us, used in the Mass, the breviary offices, the litany of the saints, etc..

Marabout :: Marabout (n.) A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally..

Hagiolatry :: Hagiolatry (n.) The invocation or worship of saints.

Halloween :: Halloween (n.) The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.

Seint :: Seint (n.) A saint.

Semi-pelagian :: Semi-Pelagian (n.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints..

Sainthood :: Sainthood (n.) The order, or united body, of saints; saints, considered collectively..

Eminent :: Eminent (a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or 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..

Sanctimony :: Sanctimony (n.) Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness..

Halwe :: Halwe (n.) 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.

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