sanctify
English
Etymology
2=dʰeh₁Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "xno" is not valid. See WT:LOL. seintefier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French saintefier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "LL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. sānctificō, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sānctus (“holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). Form altered to conform with Latin.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsæŋk.tɪ.faɪ/
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Verb
sanctify (third-person singular simple present sanctif, present participle ies, simple past and past participle sanctified)
- (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
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- And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
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- (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
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- And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
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- Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
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- (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
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- For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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- (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.
Synonyms
- (to make holy): consecrate, hallow; see also Thesaurus:consecrate
- (to free from sin): cleanse, purify
Antonyms
- * (to make holy): profane; see also Thesaurus:desecrate
Related terms
Translations
to make holy
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to purify
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to make acceptable or useful
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to endorse
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References
- “sanctify”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sanctify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.