liệt thánh

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The assembly of saints; the collective body of saints: This term refers to the canonized saints of the Catholic Church as a revered group.
   • The imperial ancestors; the deified former emperors: In historical, imperial contexts, this is an honorific title used by a reigning dynasty to venerate the virtuous emperors of previous dynasties.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Giáo hội tôn kính các ngài trong hàng liệt thánh. (The Church venerates them among the assembly of saints.)
  • Triều đại nhà Nguyễn thường tế lễ liệt thánh tiên đế. (The Nguyen dynasty often performed rituals for the deified former emperors.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is formal and liturgical, primarily used in religious or historical texts. In modern Vietnamese Catholic context, it is synonymous with "Các Thánh" (the Saints).

Variants and Related Words

• Thánh (n): A saint; a holy or deified figure.
  • Thánh Phanxicô (Saint Francis)
• Tiên liệt (n): Ancestors, forebears (often used for virtuous predecessors, not necessarily royal or sainted).

Synonyms

• The saints; the canonized (for the religious meaning).
• Ancestral emperors; imperial forebears (for the historical meaning).

Related Idioms

• Cầu nguyện cùng liệt thánh: To pray to the communion of saints.
  • Người tín hữu cầu nguyện cùng liệt thánh. (The faithful pray to the communion of saints.)