Explore Saintliness through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like good or goodness. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Saintliness in a sentence
Saintliness meaning
The property of being saintly.
Using Saintliness
- The main meaning on this page is: The property of being saintly.
- Useful related words include: good, goodness.
Context around Saintliness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 36.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Saintliness
- In this selection, "saintliness" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 36.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, moral stand out and add context to how "saintliness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aspires to saintliness while embarking and of moral saintliness it is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "saintliness" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with saintliness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His reputation for saintliness and fairness was already well established while he was alive, and on many occasions he was chosen as an arbiter in quarrels among the rulers of Europe. (31 words)
St. Paul’s own prick thus reminds us that saintliness is not gained overnight but through struggle, the weak soul leaving itself open to grace, allowing God to condescend and manifest His greatness in such lowliness. (36 words)
A uniquely funny, moving and thought-provoking play, The Saintliness of Margery Kempe chronicles the journey of a woman ahead of her time as she aspires to saintliness, while embarking on the travels she took throughout her incredible life. (39 words)
A uniquely funny, moving and thought-provoking play, The Saintliness of Margery Kempe chronicles the journey of a woman ahead of her time as she aspires to saintliness, while embarking on the travels she took throughout her incredible life. (39 words)
It is not simply the absence of charity, let alone of moral saintliness: It is wrong, and one cannot claim to be a morally decent person unless one is doing far more than the typical comfortably-off person does. (39 words)
St. Paul’s own prick thus reminds us that saintliness is not gained overnight but through struggle, the weak soul leaving itself open to grace, allowing God to condescend and manifest His greatness in such lowliness. (36 words)
Example sentences (4)
A uniquely funny, moving and thought-provoking play, The Saintliness of Margery Kempe chronicles the journey of a woman ahead of her time as she aspires to saintliness, while embarking on the travels she took throughout her incredible life.
St. Paul’s own prick thus reminds us that saintliness is not gained overnight but through struggle, the weak soul leaving itself open to grace, allowing God to condescend and manifest His greatness in such lowliness.
It is not simply the absence of charity, let alone of moral saintliness: It is wrong, and one cannot claim to be a morally decent person unless one is doing far more than the typical comfortably-off person does.
His reputation for saintliness and fairness was already well established while he was alive, and on many occasions he was chosen as an arbiter in quarrels among the rulers of Europe.