sanctified [sangk -tuh -fahyd]
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See more synonyms for sanctified on Thesaurus.com made holy; consecrated: sanctified wine. sanctimonious: a sickening, sanctified smile. Show More
Origin of sanctified First recorded in
1475–85; sanctify +
-ed2 Related forms sanc·ti·fi·ed·ly [sangk -tuh -fahy-id-lee] /ˈsæŋk təˌfaɪ ɪd li/ adjective un·sanc·ti·fied , adjective verb (used with object), sanc·ti·fied, sanc·ti·fy·ing. to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate. to purify or free from sin: Sanctify your hearts. to impart religious sanction to; render legitimate or binding: to sanctify a vow. to entitle to reverence or respect. to make productive of or conducive to spiritual blessing. Show More
Origin of sanctify 1350–1400; <
Late Latin sānctificāre (see
Sanctus ,
-ify ); replacing
Middle English seintefien <
Old French saintifier <
Latin, as above
Related forms sanc·ti·fi·a·ble , adjective sanc·ti·fi·a·ble·ness , noun sanc·ti·fi·a·bly , adverb sanc·ti·fi·ca·tion , noun sanc·ti·fi·er , noun sanc·ti·fy·ing·ly , adverb non·sanc·ti·fi·ca·tion , noun pre·sanc·ti·fy , verb (used with object), pre·sanc·ti·fied, pre·sanc·ti·fy·ing. self-sanc·ti·fi·ca·tion , noun un·sanc·ti·fy·ing , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for sanctified Contemporary Examples of sanctified For decades, maybe centuries (the details are murky), some people in Mexico had been venerating a kind of sanctified death figure.
Youth, beauty, apparent vigour and even the most arguable personal virtues may be sanctified by a sudden and violent death.
But it has never been sanctified , no more than any other human pursuit, from sports to politics.
Lying to get a date, as Smith and Kozinski correctly suggest, is a sanctified practice in human courtship.
Historical Examples of sanctified God preserveth the sanctified , yea, even in the midst of errors.
By her presence she had sanctified it and made of it a shrine for his meditative and wakeful hours.
Other sanctified rabbis are interred in sites about the village and the hill.
If we do not keep the day God has sanctified , then we break not the least, but one of the greatest of his commandments.
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
British Dictionary definitions for sanctified verb -fies , -fying or -fied (tr) to make holy to free from sin; purify to sanction (an action or practice) as religiously binding to sanctify a marriage to declare or render (something) productive of or conductive to holiness, blessing, or grace obsolete to authorize to be revered Show More
Derived Forms sanctifiable , adjective sanctification , noun sanctifier , noun Word Origin for sanctify C14: from Late Latin sanctificāre, from Latin sanctus holy + facere to make
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Word Origin and History for sanctified v. late 14c., seintefie "to consecrate," from Old French saintefier "sanctify" (12c., Modern French sanctifier ), from Late Latin sanctificare "to make holy," from sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious ). Form altered in English c.1400 to conform with Latin. Meaning "to render holy or legitimate by religious sanction" is from c.1400; transferred sense of "to render worthy of respect" is from c.1600. Related: Sanctified ; sanctifying .
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