as in holiness
the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous
because of his years of dedicated service to the church, they considered him a perfect example of sainthood
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Aspiring to sainthood or poetry feels like an unfair ask.
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Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Kolbe was beautified, the step before sainthood, in 1971, by Pope Paul VI.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Today, a small but active community of Black Catholics is petitioning the Vatican for the accelerated canonisation of six Black American candidates for sainthood, the oldest of whom, Pierre Toussaint, has been dead for 171 years.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
In the world of The Boys that practically qualifies her for sainthood.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 8 July 2024
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Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Kolbe was beautified, the step before sainthood, in 1971, by Pope Paul VI.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Today, a small but active community of Black Catholics is petitioning the Vatican for the accelerated canonisation of six Black American candidates for sainthood, the oldest of whom, Pierre Toussaint, has been dead for 171 years.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
In the world of The Boys that practically qualifies her for sainthood.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 8 July 2024
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“Sainthood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sainthood. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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