How to Use sainthood in a Sentence

sainthood

noun

• The sainthood process can start five years after a death.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 29 May 2023
• Nation’s first black priest, an ex-slave, may be on his way to sainthood.
  — Fox News, 13 June 2019
• Tolstoy did not mention the sainthood of the servants, though.
  — Michael Joseph Gross, Vanities, 27 Apr. 2018
• An adult man on the autism spectrum is an adult man; the spectrum isn’t a certificate of sainthood.
  — New York Times, 12 June 2018
• The subject of faith swoops in at the end of that film, as Jep is tasked with interviewing an ancient nun on the verge of sainthood.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2017
• The children—found in wells, in fields—were victims, and, post mortem, were given the crown of sainthood, as the Jews were given the stain of devilry.
  — Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020
• The pope proclaimed the siblings’s sainthood at the start of the mass, generating widespread applause from the crowd.
  — Aria Bendix, The Atlantic, 13 May 2017
• Not until years later did the Catholic church create a formal process for sainthood.
  — Will Jeakle, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2021
• What’s the connection between sainthood and these scars?
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2022
• The police are more often than not portrayed as heroic to the point of almost sainthood, and the cases are always closed.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 22 May 2021
• All Saints' Day recognizes those whose sainthood is known only to God.
  — Ashley Novak, CNN, 1 Nov. 2020
• There has been a satanic priest, prostitutes, thieves and much else on the road to redemption and sainthood.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2020
• Those differences go a long way in making sure the film doesn’t end up being too much of a conferral of sainthood.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Jan. 2023
• There’s a specific plane of sainthood reserved for the sweet souls who throw Super Bowl parties.
  — Clay Skipper, GQ, 1 Feb. 2018
• But unlike George’s enduring sainthood, praise for Mary was short-lived.
  — Martha Saxton, The Conversation, 7 May 2021
• Others question the apparent sainthood of Yadier Molina, who grabbed Castellanos by the neck during the scrum.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 20 Apr. 2021
• Holocaust survivors have lobbied to freeze his sainthood process.
  — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• The process of sainthood requires proof the candidate existed and is not a local legend.
  — Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2021
• Benedict may never prompt the same wide public calls for sainthood as his predecessor, but for many Catholics he is deeply mourned.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• It's been 23 years since the Orthodox Church elevated him to sainthood.
  — Madeline Galassi, Daily Southtown, 24 July 2017
• Her remains were exhumed last year as part of the canonization process for sainthood and, once again, a large crowd again paid respects as her bones were laid out in the cathedral for all to see.
  — Meagan Flynn, ajc, 4 June 2018
• Yet everyone has known all this for months, even as the press nominated Mr. Cuomo for Covid sainthood.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2021
• The sainthood candidate is then known as a Venerable Servant of God.
  — Jackie Snow, National Geographic, 2 Sep. 2016
• The Catholic Church has opened an inquiry to consider whether Petrillo should be elevated to sainthood.
  — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 27 Nov. 2023
• The final step toward sainthood is for the Catholic Church to find Miller responsible for a miracle that occurred after his death.
  — Josh Verges, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2019
• Greeley is one of six African-Americans and three former slaves under review for sainthood.
  — Meagan Flynn, ajc, 4 June 2018
• One recent study suggests that no one should expect sainthood and vast fortune in the same package (in fairness, it should be noted that two of the three authors of this study teach at Berkeley).
  — Kevin Conley, Town & Country, 11 July 2013
• There are many people willing to help get Conway considered for sainthood.
  — Bill Leukhardt, Courant Community, 28 May 2018
• This lack of official sainthood is because there was no formal canonization process in the 400s.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 28 Jan. 2022
• In a step toward possible sainthood, the remains of a former slave have been moved to a Catholic cathedral in Denver, where people lined up Wednesday to honor her and pray for her help.
  — Washington Post, 8 June 2017

Last Updated: 9 Aug 2024