Sanctified
['sæŋktɪfaɪd] or ['sæŋktə,faɪd]
Definition
(a.) Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious.
(imp. & p. p.) of Sanctify
Editor: Ozzie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Consecrated, hallowed.
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Examples
- Did not I appear sanctified, even to myself, because this love had for its temple my heart? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The pious purpose of converting them to Christianity sanctified the injustice of the project. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Be candid as a convicted, justified, sanctified Methody at an experience meeting. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But, Joe had sanctified it, and I had believed in it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He held her, almost as if she were sanctified to him by death, and kissed her, once, almost as he might have kissed the dead. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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