의미: sanctity

★sanc·ti·ty n. (pl. -ties)

1 [U] 거룩함, 정(淨)함, 고결

2 [U] 신성, 존엄

3 [pl.] 신성한 의무[감정 《등》]
▶ the sanctities of the home 가정의 신성(한 의무)
odor of sanctity 유덕(有德)의 향기

odour of sanctity 관용구

odor of sanctity

Idiom(s): odor of sanctity

Theme: HAUGHTINESS - PIETY

an atmosphere of excessive holiness or piety. (Derogatory.)
• I hate their house. There's such an odor of sanctity, with Bibles and religious pictures everywhere.
• People are made nervous by Jane's odor of sanctity. She's always praying for people or doing good works and never has any fun.

sanctity

sanctity
see odor of sanctity.

odor of sanctity

1. Literally, a specific aroma said to arise from the anatomy of a saint of the Catholic Church. I had never believed it, but aloft entering the baby catacomb that captivated the saint's remains, I too could apperceive the odor of adherence so abounding religious writers had abundant before.2. By extension, a accompaniment of grace, saintliness, or holiness. The nun, who endlessly adherent her activity to allowance the poor of her nation, died in an odor of adherence at the age of 97.3. Smug and generally hypocritical moral or amusing righteousness; sanctimoniousness. The columnist provides an acutely acute moral argument, afterwards enshrouding the absolute anecdotal with an odor of sanctity.Learn more: odor, of, sanctity