sanctity

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French sanctete, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sanctitas.

Noun

sanctity (countable and uncountable, plural sanctities)

1. (uncountable) Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness
2. (uncountable) The condition of being considered sacred; inviolability
3. (countable) Something considered sacred.

Translations

holiness — see holiness

condition

• Greek: ιερότητα (el) f (ierótita)
• Latin: sanctitās f
• Maori: rongomaiwhiti
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• Russian: свя́тость (ru) f (svjátostʹ), свяще́нность (ru) f (svjaščénnostʹ)

something considered sacred

• Persian: مقدس (fa) (moqaddas)
• Russian: святы́ня (ru) f (svjatýnja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: светиња f

  Roman: svetinja (sh) f

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Anagrams

• cystatin, scantity