Sanctity

//ˈsæŋktɪti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness uncountable
  2. 2
    the quality of being holy wordnet
  3. 3
    The condition of being considered sacred; inviolability uncountable
  4. 4
    Something considered sacred. countable

    "Or would they have it believed, that there is in their ſelves ſome ſuperior ſanctity, ſome peculiar privilege, by which theſe things are lawful to them, which are unlawful to all the world beſides?"

Synonyms

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holinessangelicalnessbeauty of holinesschristianitychristlikenesschristliness

Example

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"The sanctity of this place has been fouled."

Etymology

From Middle English sanctity, from Old French sanctete, from Latin sānctitās.

Related phrases

odor of sanctityodour of sanctityof life

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