Sanctitude

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    holiness; sacredness; sanctity countable, uncountable

    "[...] in thir looks Divine / The image of thir glorious Maker ſhon, / Truth, Wiſdome, Sanctitude ſevere and pure, / Severe, but in true filial freedom plac't"

  2. 2
    the quality of being holy wordnet
  3. 3
    affected holiness; sanctimoniousness countable, uncountable

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christianitygodlinessgoodnessholinessholinesspurity

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"[...] in thir looks Divine / The image of thir glorious Maker ſhon, / Truth, Wiſdome, Sanctitude ſevere and pure, / Severe, but in true filial freedom plac't"

Etymology

From Latin sanctitudo.

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