odor of sanctity

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odor of sanctity

Fig. an atmosphere of excessive holiness or piety. I hate their house. There's such an odor of sanctity with Bibles and holy pictures everywhere. The huge, medieval Gothic cathedral had a distinct odor of sanctity.

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Martyrdom made a saint of the trivial and foolish Marie Antoinette, and her biographers still keep her fragrant with the odor of sanctity to this day, while unconsciously proving upon almost every page they write that the only calamitous instinct which her husband lacked, she supplied--the instinct to root out and get rid of an honest, able, and loyal official, wherever she found him. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context			oath object object to obligate to oblige oblige by oblige to do oblige with obliterate from obsessed with obtain for occasion occupy occupy oneself occupy with occur to ocean oceans of odd odd man out odds odds and ends odds are against one odds-on favorite odor odor of sanctity of a certain age of a mind to of a piece of a sort of age of all people of all places of all things Of all things! of benefit of course of interest of late of mature years of note of old of one mind of own accord of own making of service of sorts of the essence of the first water of the moment of the old school			Odontophorus Odontoplast odontoplasty odontoprisis Odontopteryx odontorhynchous Odontorium Products, Inc. Odontornithes odontosis Odontostomatida Odontostomatous Odontostome Odontostomes odontotomy Odontotormae Odonym Odonym ODOO odor odor odor odor Odor bomb Odor bomb odor conditioning odor conditioning odor conditioning odor conditioning Odor from Feedlots Setback Estimation Tool Odor Management Plan odor of sanctity Odor Quality Discrimination Odor Resembling Alcohol on Breath odor test Odor Unit Odorament Odorant Odorant Odorant odorants odorants odorants odorari Odorate Odorating odoriferous odoriferous odoriferous homing Odoriferous Substances odoriferously odoriferously odoriferousness odoriferousness odorimetry Odorine odoriphore odorise odorise odorised odorised odoriser

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