What does sanctify mean?
Definitions for sanctify
ˈsæŋk təˌfaɪsanc·ti·fy
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word sanctify.
Princeton's WordNet
consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctifyverb
render holy by means of religious rites
purify, purge, sanctifyverb
make pure or free from sin or guilt
"he left the monastery purified"
Wiktionary
sanctifyverb
To make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
sanctifyverb
To free from sin; to purify.
sanctifyverb
To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
sanctifyverb
To endorse with religious sanction.
Etymology: From sanctifico, from sanctus + facio.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To SANCTIFYverb
Etymology: sanctifier, Fr. sanctifico, Latin.
For if the blood of bulls, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ? Heb. ix. 13.
The gospel, by not making many things unclean, as the law did, hath sanctified those things generally to all, which particularly each man to himself must sanctify by a reverend and holy use. Richard Hooker.
Those judgments God hath been pleased to send upon me, are so much the more welcome, as a means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act. Charles I .
Those external things are neither parts of our devotion, or by any strength in themselves direct causes of it; but the grace of God is pleased to move us by ways suitable to our nature, and to sanctify these sensible helps to higher purposes. South.
What actions can express the intire purity of thought, which refines and sanctifies a virtuous man? Addison.
The holy man, amaz’d at what he saw,
Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law. Dryden.Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. Alexander Pope.
ChatGPT
sanctify
To sanctify means to make holy, set apart, or consecrated for a sacred or religious purpose. It involves the process of making something clean, pure, or acceptable in a spiritual or religious context. It can also refer to the act of giving moral or spiritual purity or strength to someone or something.
Webster Dictionary
Sanctifyverb
to make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow
Sanctifyverb
to make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify
Sanctifyverb
to make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety
Sanctifyverb
to impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to
Etymology: [F. sanctifier, L. sanctificare; sanctus holy + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Saint, and -fy.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sanctify
sangk′ti-fī, 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. [Fr.,—L. sanctificāre, -ātum—sanctus, sacred, facĕre, to make.]
Editors Contribution
sanctifynoun
The Believer participates with the Spirit in a process of transformation that continues until glorification. The goal of sanctification is progressive conformity to the image of Jesus Christ.
His feet was a sanctify bronze like it was passed through the furnace.
Etymology: Purification
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on October 31, 2023
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sanctify in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sanctify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of sanctify in a Sentence
Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love love recompenses the adorers.
I truly believe this livestream -- learning about our Constitution and finding ways to save lives without infringing on our Constitution -- is the best way to sanctify the day and remember those who were lost in( the Parkland shooting) and in Columbine, i created this event to do just that.
A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good may come of it.
Military cemeteries in every corner of the world are silent testimony to the failure of national leaders to sanctify human life.
For our part we will sanctify the 1974 disengagement agreement, and there too we will insist that every last letter be abided by, and any violation with meet a harsh response from the State of Israel.
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- heiligenGerman
- santificarSpanish
- vapauttaa, pyhittää, puhdistaaFinnish
- consacrerFrench
- naomhaichScottish Gaelic
- santificare, purificare, consacrareItalian
- pašventinti, apvalytiLithuanian
- whakataputapu, whakatapuMāori
- sanctifiëren, sanctificeren, wijden, ruggensteunen, inwijden, heilig verklaren, sacraliseren, verheiligen, louteren, zuiveren, verschonen, sancreren, consacreren, heiligenDutch
- rense, tilgi, velsigne, vigsle, helliggjøreNorwegian
- willkachayQuechua
- одобря́ть, очища́ть, освяща́ть, санкциони́ровать, освяти́ть, одо́брить, очи́ститьRussian
- kutsamakTurkish
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