Sentence examples for for sanctity from inspiring English sources

Our taste for sanctity or authority, like our taste for sugar, could turn out to be a dangerous relic.

It is no surprise that when those two trends — anti-authoritarianism and a nostalgia for sanctity — came together and produced the sixties, "The Prophet" 's sales climaxed.

Becket was not an obvious candidate for sanctity: even his supporters knew him to be proud, fond of hunting, extravagant and showy.

Augustine's works were a model of learned and elegant Latin style, as were the sermons of St. Ambrose (339 397), whose reputation for sanctity and celibacy as well as his excommunication of Theodosius in 390 set important precedents.

During Hild's lifetime, the town acquired a reputation for sanctity and learning, and in 664 the Synod of Whitby adopted Roman rather than Celtic traditions for the celebration of Easter, a watershed decision in the spread of Christianity in Britain.

Mr. Dickinson and his brother Cody, a subtle and snappy drummer, locked into a frolicsome boogie on "Waiting on My Wings" (reportedly named during a long jam session as the band waited not for sanctity but for a chicken meal delivery).

"Unfashionable though it may be, I like the not-for-profit sanctity of a.org domain name," he said.

But I will not let that label apply to people for whom sanctity for life begins at conception and ends at birth.

The term "pro-life" should be a shorthand for respect for the sanctity of life.

And, even more crucially for the continuing fight for the sanctity of life, together they were key to the failure of the federal gun control legislation, which will continue to facilitate and perpetuate murder across the United States.

"He also clearly stood for the sanctity of life, clearly stood for the traditional definition of marriage, and I think importantly, encouraged the students to be bold and stand for those kinds of values, too.