Sainthood
noun
The state or condition of being a saint.
He lived a life of such virtue that he achieved sainthood.
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- attain sainthood
- canonized to sainthood
noun
The process or ceremony of being made a saint.
Mother Teresa went through sainthood after her death.
Often appears as...
- process of sainthood
- canonization to sainthood
noun
The state or condition of being a saint.
He lived a life of such virtue that he achieved sainthood.
Often appears as...
- attain sainthood
- canonized to sainthood
noun
The process or ceremony of being made a saint.
Mother Teresa went through sainthood after her death.
Often appears as...
- process of sainthood
- canonization to sainthood
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Understanding 'sainthood' requires knowledge of religious and cultural contexts where saints are revered.
In some cultures, sainthood is considered the highest spiritual honor.
Pro Tip 2/3Idiomatic Usage
'Sainthood' can be used metaphorically to describe someone with exceptional goodness or patience.
She didn't lose her temper once; it was like she had attained sainthood.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal vs. Figurative
Distinguish between being a saint (literal) and saint-like qualities (figurative).
He's not a saint, but his dedication to charity shows a path toward sainthood.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Understanding 'sainthood' requires knowledge of religious and cultural contexts where saints are revered.
In some cultures, sainthood is considered the highest spiritual honor.
Pro Tip 2/3Idiomatic Usage
'Sainthood' can be used metaphorically to describe someone with exceptional goodness or patience.
She didn't lose her temper once; it was like she had attained sainthood.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal vs. Figurative
Distinguish between being a saint (literal) and saint-like qualities (figurative).
He's not a saint, but his dedication to charity shows a path toward sainthood.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Understanding 'sainthood' requires knowledge of religious and cultural contexts where saints are revered.
In some cultures, sainthood is considered the highest spiritual honor.
Pro Tip 2/3Idiomatic Usage
'Sainthood' can be used metaphorically to describe someone with exceptional goodness or patience.
She didn't lose her temper once; it was like she had attained sainthood.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal vs. Figurative
Distinguish between being a saint (literal) and saint-like qualities (figurative).
He's not a saint, but his dedication to charity shows a path toward sainthood.
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Krista Tippett:...
that it was some of your very wounding experiences in a religious life that, with a zigzag, have led to the Charter for Compassion. Compassion can't be reduced to sainthood
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Krista Tippett:...
that it was some of your very wounding experiences in a religious life that, with a zigzag, have led to the Charter for Compassion. Compassion can't be reduced to sainthood
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Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
Books about technology start-ups have a pattern. First, there's the grand vision of the founders, then the heroic journey of producing new worlds from all-night coding and caffeine abuse, and finally, the grand finale: immense wealth and secular sainthood. Let's call it the Jobs Narrative.
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Gerald R. Ford
American President
I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned.
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David Fahrenthold
American Journalist
The Post' is a fairly fusty place when it comes to profanity. If a reporter tries to get a bad word into a story, the word is usually forwarded to top editors, who consider it with the gravity and speed that the Vatican applies to candidates for sainthood.
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K'naan
Somali Musician
I have moments of darkness, of anger, and moments of rage. They do creep up at the most inopportune times. Not to recognize that in my music would give people a sense of sainthood that I don't necessarily have or even want to have.
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Peter Ackroyd
British Author
His head was boiled, impaled upon a pole and raised above London Bridge. So ended the life of Thomas More, one of the few Londoners upon whom sainthood has been conferred and the first English layman to be beatified as a martyr.
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Dick Morris
American Author
When the history of the 20th century is written, there are going to be some pretty obscure people who are entitled to sainthood. And they're not going to be well-known.
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George Orwell
British Author
Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.
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Jonathan Haidt
American Psychologist
Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood.
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Bari Weiss
American Editor
Victimhood, in the intersectional way of seeing the world, is akin to sainthood; power and privilege are profane.
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Pamela Hansford Johnson
English Critic
Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
Quote examples
Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
Books about technology start-ups have a pattern. First, there's the grand vision of the founders, then the heroic journey of producing new worlds from all-night coding and caffeine abuse, and finally, the grand finale: immense wealth and secular sainthood. Let's call it the Jobs Narrative.
Quote examples
Gerald R. Ford
American President
I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned.
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David Fahrenthold
American Journalist
The Post' is a fairly fusty place when it comes to profanity. If a reporter tries to get a bad word into a story, the word is usually forwarded to top editors, who consider it with the gravity and speed that the Vatican applies to candidates for sainthood.
Quote examples
K'naan
Somali Musician
I have moments of darkness, of anger, and moments of rage. They do creep up at the most inopportune times. Not to recognize that in my music would give people a sense of sainthood that I don't necessarily have or even want to have.
Quote examples
Peter Ackroyd
British Author
His head was boiled, impaled upon a pole and raised above London Bridge. So ended the life of Thomas More, one of the few Londoners upon whom sainthood has been conferred and the first English layman to be beatified as a martyr.
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Dick Morris
American Author
When the history of the 20th century is written, there are going to be some pretty obscure people who are entitled to sainthood. And they're not going to be well-known.
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George Orwell
British Author
Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.
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Jonathan Haidt
American Psychologist
Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood.
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Bari Weiss
American Editor
Victimhood, in the intersectional way of seeing the world, is akin to sainthood; power and privilege are profane.
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Pamela Hansford Johnson
English Critic
Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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