Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

holiness &c adj.; saintship†; religionism†; sanctimony &c (assumed piety) 988; reverence &c (respect) 928; humility, veneration, devotion; prostration &c (worship) 990; grace, unction, edification; sanctity, sanctitude†; consecration. spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness. theopathy†, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life; Body and Blood of Christ. believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist†; the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect; Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame [Fr.], Our Lady. the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light. V. be pious &c adj.; have faith &c n.; believe, receive Christ; revere &c 928; be converted &c; convert, edify, sanctify, keep holy, beatify, regenerate, inspire, consecrate, enshrine. Adj. pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly- minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic; saintly, saint-like; seraphic, sacred, solemn. believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic. elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth. Phr. ne vile fano [It]; pure-eyed Faith . . . thou hovering angel girt with golden wings [Milton].