sanctify
verb/ˈsæŋk.tɪ.faɪ/UK
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman seintefier, from Old French saintefier, from Late Latin sānctificō, from Latin sānctus (“holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). Form altered to conform with Latin.
- derived from sānctificō
- derived from saintefier
- derived from seintefier
Definitions
To make holy
To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
- 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.
To free from sin
To free from sin; to purify.
- 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.
- 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.
To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
- 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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To endorse with religious sanction.
The neighborhood
- synonymhallow
- synonymconsecrate
- antonymprofaneantonym(s) of
- antonymdesecrate
- neighborsanctification
- neighborsanctifier
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