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Now, like the face of Medusa it glared at her, and that which her father's lips had sanctified, became the polluted medium of a retributive curse upon his devoted child.

From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

The sacred grass was duly spread And sacrificial flame was fed, Which Scripture-learned priests supplied With oil which texts had sanctified.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

He could not kill even Cain, when God had sanctified the murderer with sleep.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

The abbess consented, and led the penitent to a hut, which had remained empty since the death of the virgin Laeta, who had sanctified it.

From Thais by Douglas, Robert B. (Robert Bruce)

Lastly, it can be referred to intellectual vision: forasmuch as Christ, when He had sanctified baptism, saw that heaven was opened to men: nevertheless He had seen before that this would be accomplished.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint