sanctify

[Sanc·ti*fy]

To sanctify something is to make it pure or holy. You might see a priest sanctify a church in your neighborhood that means it’s holy.

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

Verb
make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"

Verb
render holy by means of religious rites


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.


Sanctify

Sanc"ti*fy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctifying .] [F. sanctifier, L. sanctificare; sanctus holy + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Saint, and -fy.] 1. To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.
Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garnment.
2. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
Sanctify them through thy truth.
3. To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act.
4. To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
The holy man, amazed at what he saw, Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law.
Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line.

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

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Usage Examples

Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love love recompenses the adorers.

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Other Usage Examples

If Republicans want to be seen as more compassionate, they should continue to stand proudly for the sanctify of life and marriage. And they should do so without apologizing.

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