sanctified

The church has blest and sanctified the family relation as the fundamental element in the structure of human society.

We hear from a thousand tongues the gospel of Christianized commerce, of sanctified success, of making business a religion.

But the glory of all, and that which sanctified all, was seated in a low arm-chair near the door.

And there were occasions too which had been sanctified by political passion.

Any events supposed to indicate the activity of spirits, such as birth and death, are likely to be sanctified by taboos.