sanctification
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Theology. the act or process of sanctifying.
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Theology. the state or condition of being or having been sanctified.
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Vance regularly points to declining birth rates in the U.S. and other developed nations as the impetus for his sanctification of parenthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
It is certainly not the sanctification of our political predispositions.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2022
He assails the sanctification of Malcolm X, saying that his most prominent biographer, the late Columbia University professor Manning Marable, “accords his hero a stature in memory that he lacked in history.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
A number of Black female preachers preached the message of revival and sanctification on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2021
No more, and no less, and it had been designed for the same purpose; namely, the sanctification of power.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
Thousand have been my sins, and ten thousand my transgressions; but thy sanctifications have remained with me, and my heart, through thy grace, hath been an unquenched coal upon thy altar.
From Bacon by Morley, John
Its fourteen divisions treat of knowledge,153 love, the festivals, marriage laws, sanctifications, vows, seeds, Temple-service, sacrifices, purifications, damages, purchase and sale, courts, and judges.
From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav
Thousands have been my sins, and ten thousand my transgressions; but thy sanctifications have remained with me, and my heart, through thy grace, hath been an unquenched coal upon thy altar.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
But in the Church there are many sanctifications by sensible signs, such as Holy Water the Consecration of Altars, and such like.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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