sanctologyn.
rare.
= sanctilogy n.
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1824 G. Chalmers Caledonia III. 167 The sanctologies do not recognize such a saint; and we must look for some other Osbern, though of less sanctity.
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sancˈtologist n. the compiler of a ‘sanctology’.
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1824 G. Chalmers Caledonia III. 192 St. Marjorie is not mentioned by the Sanctologists.
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