odour of sanctity

短语

发音

UK /ˌəʊdəɹ‿əv ˈsæŋktɪti/
其它
US /ˌoʊdəɹ‿əv ˈsæŋktɪti/

词形变化

odours of sanctity 复数 odours of sanctity

别名

odor of sanctity

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sweet smell, usually likened to that of flowers, said to be emitted by the bodies of saints during their life, or especially at or after death.

    英国 历史 不可数 宗教
  2. 2.

    A person's reputation for, or state of, holiness.

    英国 比喻 不可数

    to die in odour of sanctity

  3. 3.

    A (supposed) general aura of goodness or virtue.

    英国 比喻 幽默 不可数

词源

A calque of French odeur de sainteté (“sweet smell said to be emitted by bodies of saints at or after death”), from Late Latin odor sānctitātis (literally “odour of sanctity”) (compare odor suāvitātis (literally “sweet odour”)), from odor (“(sweet) smell, odour”) + sānctitātis (genitive singular of sānctitās (“sacredness, sanctity; holiness, virtue”)).

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