sainthood
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- noun
- /ˈseɪnθʊd/
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canonización
- In 1826, the author had been dead for only thirty-six years and had not yet attained the status of sainthood.
- Path to sainthood
At times he's close to being a devil, at times the sainthood, but his name doesn't change.
- At times he's close to being a devil, at times the sainthood, but his name doesn't change.
Examples
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Julien's path to sainthood is completed during the last phase of his quest.
Academic text (2003) -
You, Nonno, have made yourself a bid for sainthood, but you have failed.
Fiction book (1991) -
This is sainthood in the medieval Roman Catholic sense.
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This man is one miracle away from sainthood.
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In March of 2000, the Vatican opened the case for her sainthood.
Blog text (4) -
There is no sign that the Roman curia has any intention of promoting Pius XI to sainthood.
Academic text (2010) -
Now, it's a little-known rule of sainthood, but when you become a saint... you freeze in time, eternally ageless.
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Here, although Julien proves that he is worthy of sainthood at the end of his endeavors, he originally sets out on his adventure not to expiate an error, but to avoid one.
Academic text (2003) -
Machar was an unlikely candidate for sainthood: gruff, uncommunicative, pathologically intense, frightening even to those he helped.
Fiction book (1995) -
The Church is currently reviewing the miracle required for his sainthood.
How Official
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sainthood comes from saint, from Latin sanctus meaning 'holy', plus -hood meaning 'state', like adulthood or childhood. So sainthood means the condition of being a saint, the recognized 'holy' status someone may receive.