sanctified
Americanadjective
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consecrated or made holy
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a less common word for sanctimonious
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Etymology
Origin of sanctified
Explanation
Something that's sanctified is blessed or holy. In many religions, buildings, objects, and people can be sanctified. A sanctified chalice of wine and sanctified wafers are used in many churches' Holy Communion (or Eucharist) rites. To believers, this means that these things have been blessed by God. Sometimes this adjective describes something that is merely acceptable or respectable, like your brother's sanctified behavior at the dinner table. The Latin root of sanctified is sanctus, "holy."
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Not Section 60, where the atmosphere is sanctified but not somber—too many kids, Meredith recalled from her visits to her son’s burial site.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2024
“Here, communication between man and God takes place,” said Lyngdoh, a descendant of the priestly clan which sanctified the Mawphlang forest.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
For a moment in time, with the bright lights and loud music, everyone in that room was sanctified under the holy sway of whatever Deion had to say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
The most extravagant was the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, a coterie of colleagues and admirers with whom he gave critically sanctified summer performances from 2003 until just before his death.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
But it is, weirdly enough, the home of an actual Buddhist that shatters the sanctified mood.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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