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Sanctify

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use. transitive

    "And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."

  2. 2
    make pure or free from sin or guilt wordnet
  3. 3
    To free from sin; to purify. transitive

    "And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."

  4. 4
    give religious sanction to, such as through an oath wordnet
  5. 5
    To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice. transitive

    "For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer."

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  1. 6
    render holy by means of religious rites wordnet
  2. 7
    To endorse with religious sanction. transitive

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman seintefier, from Old French saintefier, from Late Latin sānctificō, from Latin sānctus (“holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). Form altered to conform with Latin.

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