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1. (v.t.) sanctify
to make holy; consecrate.
2. sanctify
to purify or free from sin.
3. sanctify
to impart religious sanction to.
4. sanctify
to entitle to reverence or respect.
5. sanctify
to make productive of or conducive to spiritual blessing.
Etymology: (1375–1425; ME seintefien, sanctifien (< OF saintifier) < LL sānctificāre)
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| Definition of 'sanctify' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
render holy by means of religious rites
2. (verb) purify, purge, sanctify
make pure or free from sin or guilt
"he left the monastery purified"
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| Definition of 'sanctify' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) sanctify
to make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow
2. (verb) sanctify
to make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify
3. (verb) sanctify
to make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety
4. (verb) sanctify
to impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to
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Sense: to make sacred, holy or free from sin.
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 Afrikaans: heilig |
 Arabic: يُقَدِّس |
 Bulgarian: освещавам |
 Brazilian: santificar |
 Czech: posvětit |
 German: heiligen |
 Danish: indvie |
 Greek: καθαγιάζω |
 Spanish: santificar |
 Estonian: pühitsema |
 Farsi: تقديس كردن |
 Finnish: pyhittää |
 French: sanctifier |
 Hebrew: לְקַדֵש |
 Hindi: पवित्र करना |
 Croatian: posvetiti, očistiti od gr |
 Hungarian: megszentel |
 Indonesian: menyucikan |
 Icelandic: helga, blessa |
 Italian: santificare |
 Japanese: 神聖にする |
 Korean: 신성하게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: pašventinti |
 Latvian: svētīt; iecelt svēto kārt |
 Malay: menyucikan |
 Dutch: heiligen |
 Norwegian: vigsle, innvie, hellige |
 Polish: uświęcić |
 Persian: تقديس كردن |
 Pashto: پاكول، سپيڅلى كول، مقدس ك |
 Portuguese: santificar |
 Romanian: a sfinţi |
 Russian: освящать |
 Slovak: posvätiť |
 Slovenian: posvetiti |
 Serbian: učiniti svetim |
 Swedish: helga, förklara (hålla) h |
 Thai: ทำให้ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ |
 Turkish: takdis etmek |
 Taiwanese: 神聖化，使聖潔 |
 Ukrainian: святити, освячувати |
 Urdu: مقدّس قرار دینا |
 Vietnamese: thánh hóa |
 Chinese: 使神圣，洗清…的罪孽 |
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