How to Use sainthood in a Sentence

sainthood

noun
  • Two of ours had just reached sainthood.
    — Farhan Mustafa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Nation’s first black priest, an ex-slave, may be on his way to sainthood.
    — Fox News, 13 June 2019
  • Holocaust survivors have lobbied to freeze his sainthood process.
    — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Do it again, and you’re destined for Hollywood sainthood.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Not until years later did the Catholic church create a formal process for sainthood.
    — Will Jeakle, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • But unlike George’s enduring sainthood, praise for Mary was short-lived.
    — Martha Saxton, The Conversation, 7 May 2021
  • All Saints' Day recognizes those whose sainthood is known only to God.
    — Ashley Novak, CNN, 1 Nov. 2020
  • There are many people willing to help get Conway considered for sainthood.
    — Bill Leukhardt, Courant Community, 28 May 2018
  • 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
  • The process of sainthood requires proof the candidate existed and is not a local legend.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • One likely effect of the rush to it is that Pope Francis won’t be taken up for sainthood anytime soon.
    — Paul Elie, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • There’s a specific plane of sainthood reserved for the sweet souls who throw Super Bowl parties.
    — Clay Skipper, GQ, 1 Feb. 2018
  • 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
  • Paz says, referring to the film’s final scene, which implies Pérez achieves sainthood via her transition.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
  • In the world of The Boys that practically qualifies her for sainthood.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 8 July 2024
  • In the Catholic faith, sainthood is reserved for those who have lived a life of heroic virtues, acted as a martyr or taken part in miracles.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 7 July 2024
  • Greeley is one of six African-Americans and three former slaves under review for sainthood.
    — Meagan Flynn, ajc, 4 June 2018
  • By elevating a teen coder to sainthood, the Church suggests that science and technology need not be at odds with faith.
    — Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • This lack of official sainthood is because there was no formal canonization process in the 400s.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 28 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • It's been 23 years since the Orthodox Church elevated him to sainthood.
    — Madeline Galassi, Daily Southtown, 24 July 2017
  • Gaudí is on the path to possible sainthood, but he won't be canonized during the pope's trip, Spain's bishops said Wednesday.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • Gaudí is on the path to possible sainthood, but he won’t be canonized during the pope’s trip, Spain’s bishops said Wednesday.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • The sainthood candidate is then known as a Venerable Servant of God.
    — Jackie Snow, National Geographic, 2 Sep. 2016
  • Pure sainthood is inspiring but fragile in competitive markets.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

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