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Meaning of 'sanctify' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sanctify [ v. t.]
- To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
- To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
- To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
- To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.

Meaning of 'sanctify' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sanctify [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make pure or free from sin or guilt
Example in sentence:
  • he left the monastery purified

Nearby Words:

sanability sanable sanableness sanation sanative sanatorium sanatory sanbenito sance-bell sancte bell

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