Translations for „saintliness“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

saint·li·ness [ˈseɪntlɪnəs] N no pl

saintliness

svetniškost f

saintliness

svetost f

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English

He hated or shunned all display of saintliness...

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The nuns tell tales of highly repressive convent regimes, of a strict social class system, of stifled emotions, of how their young dreams of saintliness were shattered.

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His sheer goodness and saintliness was recognised by his colleagues.

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He was widely known for his learning and saintliness.

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Saintliness or heroism becomes a bundle of pictures in a calendar, a statue standing inflexibly.

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I am fascinated by "virtue signalling": the very modern phenomenon of using people, places and concepts as shorthand for one's saintliness.

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I do not accept the claim of saintliness.

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Oh, that elitist health minister with her barbaric saintliness, her annoying modernizing of the health care system and her endless outreach to fellow humans.

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As she developed a desire for saintliness and perfection, she became tired of the joking and songs of her companions, even hiding her head and weeping as she worked.

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His popularity, however, which he enjoyed throughout his life, and which rendered him immortal among the mystics, rests not on his scholarship, but on his saintliness and thaumaturgic powers.

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