sanctification
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Theology. the act or process of sanctifying.
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Theology. the state or condition of being or having been sanctified.
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"Since I attained the state of Sanctification," Author Smith testifies, "I have never felt the slightest twinge of conscience, never experienced for one second the sense of sin."
From Time Magazine Archive
Sanctification has reference to a higher work of grace, or higher life.
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert
His eyes were screened by his lashes, and he recited the Sanctification in a loud voice, giving to every word a peculiar inflection, to every sign an expression of its own.
From Yiddish Tales by Various
Sanctification is a wonderful thing, and it does wonderful things for us.
From Heart Talks by Naylor, Charles Wesley
And the beadle brings cups of wine for Sanctification, out of the Rabbi's chamber, and little rolls of bread.
From Yiddish Tales by Various
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