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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.
Jonathan Haidt

Meaning of "sainthood" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SAINTHOOD

sainthood  [ˈseɪnthʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAINTHOOD

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sainthood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SAINTHOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sainthood

Saint

A saint is one who has been recognized for having an exceptional degree of holiness. While the English term "saint" originated in Christianity, historians of religion now use the term "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people," with the Jewish Tzadik, the Islamic Mu'min, the Hindu rishi or guru, and the Buddhist arhat or bodhisattva also referred to as saints. Depending on the religion, saints are recognized either through official church recognition or by popular acclaim. In Christianity, "saint" has a wide variety of meanings, depending on its usage and the denomination. The original Christian usage referred to any believer who is "in Christ" and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth. In Orthodox and Catholic teachings, all Christians in heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered to be worthy of higher honor, emulation, or veneration, with official church recognition given to some saints through canonization or glorification.

Definition of sainthood in the English dictionary

The definition of sainthood in the dictionary is the state or character of being a saint. Other definition of sainthood is saints collectively.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAINTHOOD


aunthood
ˈɑːnthʊd
beasthood
ˈbiːsthʊd
cathood
ˈkæthʊd
Christhood
ˈkraɪsthʊd
gianthood
ˈdʒaɪənthʊd
grandparenthood
ˈɡrændˌpɛərənthʊd
knighthood
ˈnaɪthʊd
parenthood
ˈpɛərənthʊd
prophethood
ˈprɒfɪthʊd
servanthood
ˈsɜːvənthʊd
statehood
ˈsteɪthʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAINTHOOD

saint´s day
saintdom
Sainte Foy
Sainte-Beuve
sainted
saintess
saintfoin
saintish
saintism
saintless
saintlier
saintliest
saintlily
saintliness
saintling
saintly
saintpaulia
saints
Saintsbury
saintship

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAINTHOOD

adulthood
archpriesthood
boyhood
brotherhood
falsehood
fatherhood
high priesthood
hood
infanthood
likelihood
livelihood
manhood
maximum likelihood
motherhood
neighborhood
neighbourhood
priesthood
sisterhood
victimhood
womanhood

Synonyms and antonyms of sainthood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sainthood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAINTHOOD

Find out the translation of sainthood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sainthood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sainthood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

圣徒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la santidad
570 millions of speakers

English

sainthood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पवित्रता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القداسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

святость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

santidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পোপের আখ্যা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sainteté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sainthood
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heiligkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

聖人の位
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성인의 지위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sainthood
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phong thánh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புனிதத்துவம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संतती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

azizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

santità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świętość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

святість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sfințenie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγιοσύνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heilige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sainthooden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

helgenstatus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sainthood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAINTHOOD»

The term «sainthood» is regularly used and occupies the 90.364 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAINTHOOD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sainthood

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5 QUOTES WITH «SAINTHOOD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sainthood.
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Peter Ackroyd
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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George Fetherling
The heart was always seen as the noblest of the internal organs as well as the most vital. The hearts of martyrs or future candidates for sainthood would be preserved, but never their livers, say, or the entrails - at least not on their own; it was either the heart by itself or the whole lot together.
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Jonathan Haidt
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.
4
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
5
K'naan
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.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAINTHOOD»

Discover the use of sainthood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sainthood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sainthood: Its Manifestations in World Religions
The essays in this volume analyze the role of the saint in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, providing both a comparative and an interpretive view of sainthood.
Richard Kieckhefer, George Doherty Bond, 1990
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Arguing Sainthood: Modernity, Psychoanalysis, and Islam
""Arguing Sainthood" can and should be used in courses on modernity, postcolonialism, the Middle East, South Asia, and in other courses--cultural studies, religion--where Lacanian ideas are not unfamiliar.
Katherine Pratt Ewing, 1997
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Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, ...
Although Reiss begins with great plans for success ("Really, how hard could that be?" she asks blithely at the start of her saint-making year), she finds to her growing humiliation that she is failing - not just at some of the practices, ...
Jana Reiss, 2011
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Islamic Sainthood in the Fullness of Time: Ibn Al-ʻArabī's ...
This definitive study of an important Sufi work by the "Greatest Shayk" of Islamic mysticism presents a provocative new perspective on the fundamental question of the nature and authority of individual sainthood in organized, prophetic ...
Gerald T. Elmore, 1999
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Gender, Sainthood, and Everyday Practice in South Asian Shi'ism
In this work, Ruffle examines traditional hagiographical texts and ritual performances of the Shi'i Muslims of Hyderabad, India, and demonstrates how understandings of sainthood, everyday religious rituals, and gender interact to shape the ...
Karen G. Ruffle, 2011
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Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood: The Visionary Career of ...
Based on Muhammad al-Zawâwî's extraordinary diary of 109 dream conversations with the Prophet Muhammad, this study provides a rare, intimate view of 15th-century North African Muslim life.The study reconstructs Zawâwî's lifestory over a ...
Jonathan Glustrom Katz, 1996
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Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages
This is a standard work of reference for the study of the religious history of western Christianity in the later middle ages which, since its original publication in French in 1981, has come to be regarded as one of the great contributions ...
Andri Vauchez, 2005
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The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism: Two ...
This book provides translations of the earliest Arabic autobiography and the earliest theoretical explanation of the psychic development and powers of an Islamic holy man (Saint, Friend of God).
John O'Kane, Bernd Radtke, 2013
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Virgin Martyrs: Legends of Sainthood in Late Medieval England
"This is truly exciting new work.
Karen Anne Winstead, 1997
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Rebel Between Spirit and Law: Ahmad Zarruq, Sainthood, and ...
This book examines the authority of saints in Islam and their ability to build communities among Muslims in North Africa.
Scott Alan Kugle, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAINTHOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sainthood is used in the context of the following news items.
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Vatican denies setting sainthood date for Mother Teresa
Italian Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the office that leads the sainthood process, was among the officials in that ... «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, May 15»
2
Holy Land Christians celebrate sainthood of Palestinian nuns
Booklets showing Marie Alphonsine Ghattas, a nun who lived in what was Ottoman-ruled Palestine in the 19th century, are on display in Church of the Rosary ... «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, May 15»
3
Vatican pushes ahead with sainthood for missionary priest Junipero …
VATICAN CITY — Despite growing resistance from some Native Americans and U.S. Catholics, the Vatican on Saturday (May 2) will host an event to celebrate ... «Washington Post, May 15»
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Junipero Serra sainthood: Native Americans protest at Carmel …
CARMEL -- As Catholics celebrated Easter Sunday Mass in the packed Carmel Mission, nearly 200 Native Americans crowded into the nearby cemetery to ... «San Jose Mercury News, Apr 15»
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St. Cesar? San Jose leaders propose Catholic sainthood for farm …
SAN JOSE -- Family members of labor leader Cesar Chavez led a march in his honor Saturday through the neighborhood where he once lived, and some ... «San Jose Mercury News, Mar 15»
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Amid controversy over planned Serra sainthood, how does the …
Serra's impending sainthood has generated protests from Native Americans who say the priest spread disease, wiped out native populations and enslaved ... «Fox News, Feb 15»
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Decades After His Murder, An Archbishop Is Put On Path To Sainthood
Romero's sainthood cause was long obstructed by deep opposition both in Latin America and in the Vatican. The Catholic Church of El Salvador had long ... «NPR, Feb 15»
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El Salvador overjoyed that Archbishop Romero is on path to sainthood
After Archbishop Oscar Romero was shot to death as he said Mass, Danlio Macias' family mourned as if one of its own had been killed. “I see these photos,” ... «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»
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Slain Salvadoran archbishop Romero moves closer to sainthood
Francis, the first Latin American pope, told reporters in August that Romero had been "a man of God" and that he wanted the sainthood process to move swiftly. «Reuters, Jan 15»
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A Nun From New Jersey Is on a Path to Sainthood
But on Saturday she will edge closer to sainthood when she is beatified at a special Mass in Newark, the first time such a ceremony has been held in the United ... «New York Times, Oct 14»

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