sanctify
verb
sanc·ti·fy
ˈsaŋ(k)-tə-ˌfī 
sanctified; sanctifying
1
: to set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use : consecrate
2
: to free from sin : purify
3
a
: to impart or impute sacredness, inviolability, or respect to
b
: to give moral or social sanction to
4
: to make productive of holiness or piety
observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it—
Deuteronomy 5:12 (Douay Version)
Deuteronomy 5:12 (Douay Version)
Examples of sanctify in a Sentence
The priest sanctified their marriage.
The constitution sanctified the rights of the people.
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Thursday, the party emerges, energized, unified, sanctified.
—EW.com, 9 July 2024
How can power be fragmented to prevent any faction from dominating or oppressing a rival to sanctify liberty and the march of the mind?
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
Just a space sanctified by the men who’d bled and died on this ground.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Turks have long revered, even sanctified, the state as the ultimate defense against internal strife and dissolution in a heterogeneous society.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
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EW.com, 9 July 2024
How can power be fragmented to prevent any faction from dominating or oppressing a rival to sanctify liberty and the march of the mind?
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
Just a space sanctified by the men who’d bled and died on this ground.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Turks have long revered, even sanctified, the state as the ultimate defense against internal strife and dissolution in a heterogeneous society.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
See all Example Sentences for sanctify
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“Sanctify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanctify. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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sanctify
verb
sanc·ti·fy
ˈsaŋ(k)-tə-ˌfī
sanctified; sanctifying
1
: to set apart as sacred
2
: to make free from sin
sanctification
noun
ˌsaŋ(k)-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən
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