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"And the only sentiment I allow myself is in connection with things that you have sanctified."

From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton

A strange threat, but which, if carried out, would at that time have caused far more scandal than the amours, which, at any other time, such a marriage would have sanctified.

From The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Dumas père, Alexandre

I have sanctified in you the memory of your father.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various

Here, just below my feet, were the spots which our dear lads, three of them my own kith, have sanctified with their blood.

From A Visit to Three Fronts June 1916 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

I have sanctified and hallowed this house that thou hast edified for to put my name therein for evermore, and my eyes and heart shall be thereon always.

From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.