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sanctify
[ sangk-tuh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
sanctify
/ ˈsæŋktɪˌfaɪ /
verb
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈsanctiˌfiable, adjective
- ˈsanctiˌfier, noun
- ˌsanctifiˈcation, noun
Other Words From
- sancti·fia·ble adjective
- sancti·fia·ble·ness noun
- sancti·fia·bly adverb
- sancti·fication noun
- sancti·fier noun
- sancti·fying·ly adverb
- nonsanc·ti·fi·cation noun
- pre·sancti·fy verb (used with object) presanctified presanctifying
- self-sancti·fi·cation noun
- un·sancti·fying adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sanctify1
Example Sentences
If local priests had any reservations about the bloodlust they had sanctified, higher authorities provided guidance.
The Wall Street Journal recently sanctified Rush Limbaugh as “patient zero” of today’s cancel culture, which suggests just how successfully conservative voices have been muzzled by this fantastical plague of liberal harpies.
Did his sudden, violent death erase him as a man and sanctify him in one savage blow?
I am due to attend at twelve-forty-five in the state temple, where we sanctify some new idol.
Receive the sacrifice for all thy people Israel, and preserve thy own portion, and sanctify it.
Sixthly, to remind us of the binding of Isaac, who willingly offered himself for immolation, in order to sanctify the Holy Name.
It is a person's duty to sanctify himself, bodily and spiritually, for the approach of this great day.
This was a religious ceremony, intended to signalize and sanctify their victory.
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