The Pope elevated four people to 'sainthood'. [=he made four people saints]
She recently entered the 'sainthood'. [=she recently became a saint]
a teacher with 'the patience of a saint' [=a very patient teacher]
(..) but night after night in Yoshiwara..." "And this woman, at whose feet all sins are heaped... is a l s o named Maria..." "The same woman who those in the depths look up to as a saint---?!" "Many now go to the city of the dead, to a woman who has proven herself as true as gold..." (..)1927 Metropolis