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sanctitude

American  
[sangk-ti-tood, -tyood] / ˈsæŋk tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

noun

  1. holiness; saintliness; sanctity.

sanctitude British  
/ ˈsæŋktɪˌtjuːd /

noun

  1. saintliness; holiness

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • unsanctitude noun

Etymology

Origin of sanctitude

1400–50; late Middle English sanctitud < Latin sānctitūdō, equivalent to sāncti-, combining form of sānctus ( see Sanctus + -tūdō -tude

Example Sentences

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Each new suit is a chance at creation, of moving toward sanctitude.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

This rare tablet doth include Poverty with sanctitude.

From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles

She had the promise from the saints that her line had a great destiny, and the form of it she took to be sanctitude.

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

Their physical delineation is to be accommodated by the imagination of the reader to this long catalogue of moral qualities,--nobility, honour, majesty, lordliness, worth, divinity, glory, brightness, truth, wisdom, sanctitude, severity, and purity.

From Milton by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

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