Sanctify

['sæŋ(k)tɪfaɪ] or ['sæŋktɪfaɪ]

Definition

(v. t.) To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.

(v. t.) To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.

(v. t.) To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.

(v. t.) To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.

Typist: Waldo

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Make holy, cleanse from sin.[2]. Consecrate, hallow.

Typist: Wesley

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Consecrate, hallow, celebrate, purify, justify, sanction, ratify

ANT:Desecrate, profane, misobserve, pollute, disannul

Edited by Kitty

Definition

v.t. to make sacred or holy: to set apart to sacred use: to free from sin or evil: to consecrate: to invest with a sacred character: to make efficient as the means of holiness: to secure from violation:—pa.t. and pa.p. sanc′tifīed.—n. Sanctanim′ity holiness of mind.—v.t. Sanctif′icāte.—n. Sanctificā′tion act of sanctifying: state of being sanctified: that work or process of God's free grace whereby the new principle of spiritual life implanted in regeneration is developed until the whole man is renewed in the image of God: consecration.—adj. Sanc′tified made holy: sanctimonious.—adv. Sanctifī′edly sanctimoniously.—n. Sanc′tifier one who sanctifies: the Holy Spirit.—adv. Sanc′tifyingly.—adj. Sanctimō′nious having sanctity: holy devout: affecting holiness.—adv. Sanctimō′niously.—ns. Sanctimō′niousness Sanc′timony affected devoutness show of sanctity; Sanc′titude holiness goodness saintliness: affected holiness; Sanc′tity quality of being sacred or holy: purity: godliness: inviolability: a saint any holy object.—v.t. Sanc′tuarise (Shak.) to shelter by sacred privileges as in a sanctuary.—ns. Sanc′tūary a sacred place: a place for the worship of God: the most sacred part of the Temple of Jerusalem: the Temple itself: the part of a church round the altar: an inviolable asylum refuge a consecrated place which gives protection to a criminal taking refuge there: the privilege of taking refuge in such a consecrated place; Sanc′tum a sacred place: a private room; Sanc′tus the ascription 'Holy holy holy Lord God of Hosts ' from Isa. vi.: a musical setting of the same.—Sanctum sanctorum the Holy of Holies: any specially reserved retreat or room.—Odour of sanctity the aroma of goodness.

Editor: Rodney