Sainthead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    sainthood dated, uncountable

    "Slim and tall, he glided, a chastened dignity in his long upturned countenance, and a faint halo of sainthead round his tall bald head."

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"Slim and tall, he glided, a chastened dignity in his long upturned countenance, and a faint halo of sainthead round his tall bald head."

Etymology

From saint + -head.

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