Hallowdom

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being a hallow or saint; sainthood. uncountable

    "English sainthood was sometimes mystical but was never morbid or extravagant. Mr. Hutton in his earlier lectures draws out the varying forms which hallowdom took in different nations."

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"English sainthood was sometimes mystical but was never morbid or extravagant. Mr. Hutton in his earlier lectures draws out the varying forms which hallowdom took in different nations."

Etymology

From hallow + -dom.

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