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sanctity

[ sangk-ti-tee ]

noun

, plural sanc·ti·ties.
  1. holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
  2. sacred or hallowed character:

    the inviolable sanctity of the temple.

  3. a sacred thing.


sanctity

/ ˈsæŋktɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the condition of being sanctified; holiness
  2. anything regarded as sanctified or holy
  3. the condition of being inviolable; sacredness

    the sanctity of marriage

“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


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Other Words From

  • non·sancti·ty noun plural nonsanctities
  • un·sancti·ty noun plural unsanctities
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sanctity1

1350–1400; < Latin sānctitās holiness, equivalent to sānct- ( Sanctus ) + -itās -ity; replacing Middle English sauntite < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sanctity1

C14: from Old French saincteté, from Latin sanctitās, from sanctus holy
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Idioms and Phrases

see odor of sanctity .
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Example Sentences

Manchin and Sinema, though, have already said they won’t violate the sanctity of the reconciliation process, suggesting they would not back such a move.

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I’m pretty sure he learned something about the sanctity of life.

While many of these guides and porters are still not fans of the project, they’re less worried about job loss and more concerned about the sanctity of their treasured home mountain.

Each time, she had to reverify her identity and the sanctity of her surroundings, burning vital time.

Over the past several decades, professional sports leagues have been noticeably quiet as their embattled teams defended the sanctity of Native mascots on the grounds that they are an athletic tradition.

It was only much later that I began to question his sanctity, and then to hate what he stood for.

As teenagers, we were taught about the sanctity of life with a graphic depiction of an aborted fetus.

Paeans to patrimony and to the sanctity of land are good at rallying the faithful not only for Jews, but also Arabs.

De Blasio cited the sanctity of the vote and said he did not have to answer.

She kept resisting out of a sense of congressional sanctity that the representatives themselves were besmirching.

Ah, but you mustn't think that after four years of war one has quite the same ideas about the sanctity of human life.

They enjoyed the especial protection of the law, and were invested with a sort of religious sanctity.

These were buried, not in the Catacombs, but in the basilicas erected over them, which were considered to share their sanctity.

It has also been frequently adorned with paintings, a sure indication of its especial sanctity.

A subterranean cell of peculiar sanctity is said to have been the scene of her degradation and deliverance.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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