Saintliness

Synonyms for saintliness:

Other synonyms and related words:

blessedness, Saintship, devoutness, holiness, sanctity, godliness, piety, sainthood, religion.

holiness (noun)

purity, devoutness, righteousness, piety, virtuousness, sanctity, godliness, blessedness.

morality (noun)

goodness, probity, worthiness, honor.

respectability (noun)

trueness, goodness, righteousness, respectability, forthrightness, blamelessness, purity, law-abidingness, Estimableness, worthiness, upstandingness, morality, irreproachability, honor, fairness, honesty, right-mindedness, nobility, unimpeachability, creditability, probity, virtuousness, angelicness.

righteousness (noun)

holiness.

Usage examples for saintliness:

• Holiness, saintliness, and piety are virtues which are foreign to the character of boys. - "The Upton Letters", Arthur Christopher Benson.
• Then when the evening began to draw in, and Lambert thought it high time to go to bed, for 'twas a pity to burn expensive candles longer than was necessary, Sir Marmaduke had astonished his secretary by telling him that he must now clean and tidy himself for they would proceed to the house of a great lady named Mistress Endicott- a friend of the ex- Queen Henrietta Maria and a lady of peculiar virtues and saintliness, who would give them vast and pleasing entertainment. - "The Nest of the Sparrowhawk", Baroness Orczy.
• Let the people of the Eastern Church stick to their Christian ideal of saintliness. - "The Agony of the Church (1917)", Nikolaj Velimirovic.